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 talk.” Indeed, reparations talk has grown exponentially. People are talking about whether there is a need to redress the years of unpaid labor and slavery from 1620, when the first African slaves were brought to the Virginia ...
... reparations talk.” Indeed, reparations talk has grown exponentially. People are talking about whether there is a need to redress the years of unpaid labor and slavery from 1620, when the first African slaves were brought to the Virginia ...
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... reparations. Dozens of journalists, politicians, and social activists, along with professors of philosophy, literature, history, sociology, and law, have written across a range of reparations issues. Serious reparations talk has engaged ...
... reparations. Dozens of journalists, politicians, and social activists, along with professors of philosophy, literature, history, sociology, and law, have written across a range of reparations issues. Serious reparations talk has engaged ...
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... talking about reparations now. Although slavery ended more than 140 years ago, there was not a clean break from the era of slavery. Reparations talk is often about repairing Jim Crow as much as about repairing slavery. Once we locate ...
... talking about reparations now. Although slavery ended more than 140 years ago, there was not a clean break from the era of slavery. Reparations talk is often about repairing Jim Crow as much as about repairing slavery. Once we locate ...
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... reparations talk? Why has it so captured the imagination of blacks and so few others? Why do two-thirds of blacks believe that reparations should be paid, while only 5% of whites support them? One clear factor is the continuing concern ...
... reparations talk? Why has it so captured the imagination of blacks and so few others? Why do two-thirds of blacks believe that reparations should be paid, while only 5% of whites support them? One clear factor is the continuing concern ...
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... language to use in talking about inequality. They sought a language of entitlement, of a debt owed the black community. They began to talk of reparations. The third chapter also provides a roadmap for understanding “what reparationists ...
... language to use in talking about inequality. They sought a language of entitlement, of a debt owed the black community. They began to talk of reparations. The third chapter also provides a roadmap for understanding “what reparationists ...
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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