Reparations: Pro and ConToday, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, a leading expert on racial violence, traces the reparations issue from the 1820s to the present in order to assess the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present; examining failed and successful lawsuits; and exploring reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, businesses, and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike. "A book about reparations and its contentious qualities that is a must-read for all. If you want to know the essence of the debate, this book is for you." --Charles K. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School |
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... reparations proponents and skeptics. Chapter 3 asks, Why are we taking about reparations now? Did the compensation received by the Japanese Americans interned during World War II through the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 lead to the ...
... reparations proponents and skeptics. Chapter 3 asks, Why are we taking about reparations now? Did the compensation received by the Japanese Americans interned during World War II through the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 lead to the ...
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... reparations as a way of obtaining justice and fairness, which they believe is not possible through integration. Some are not interested in integration; the most extreme reparations proponents advocate a separate state for blacks. For ...
... reparations as a way of obtaining justice and fairness, which they believe is not possible through integration. Some are not interested in integration; the most extreme reparations proponents advocate a separate state for blacks. For ...
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... reparations for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race riot; it was dismissed in March 2004.8 The future of the movement will be determined in large part by how successfully reparations proponents can make a compelling moral argument for ...
... reparations for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race riot; it was dismissed in March 2004.8 The future of the movement will be determined in large part by how successfully reparations proponents can make a compelling moral argument for ...
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... Reparations When proponents ask for reparations, what do they have in mind? When opponents speak against them, what do they think they are opposing? The meanings vary, but at base each reparations program has the goal of building ...
... Reparations When proponents ask for reparations, what do they have in mind? When opponents speak against them, what do they think they are opposing? The meanings vary, but at base each reparations program has the goal of building ...
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... reparations proponents' discussion of backward-looking and forward-looking programs is closely related to well-established legal concepts. Backward-looking relief seeks to assess the exact harm of the past and compensate for it. Proponents ...
... reparations proponents' discussion of backward-looking and forward-looking programs is closely related to well-established legal concepts. Backward-looking relief seeks to assess the exact harm of the past and compensate for it. Proponents ...
Contents
The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory | 53 |
Reparations Practice | 95 |
Part IV Possibilities for the Future | 165 |
Appendices Documents Related to Reparations | 181 |
Notes | 213 |
For Further Reading | 277 |
Index | 281 |
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