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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... . The first chapter sets the stage for the discussion of the black reparations movement. Chapter 1 defines reparations and surveys the forms they take, such as truth commissions, apologies, community-building programs, and xii introduction.
... . The first chapter sets the stage for the discussion of the black reparations movement. Chapter 1 defines reparations and surveys the forms they take, such as truth commissions, apologies, community-building programs, and xii introduction.
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Pro and Con Alfred L. Brophy. they take, such as truth commissions, apologies, community-building programs, and payments to individuals. It then turns to a basic definition of reparations: legislative and court action designed to address ...
Pro and Con Alfred L. Brophy. they take, such as truth commissions, apologies, community-building programs, and payments to individuals. It then turns to a basic definition of reparations: legislative and court action designed to address ...
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... truth commissions and, recently, many apologies. Moreover, legislatures have frequently taken action to expose and repair past damage—such as the 1946 federal legislation to compensate Native tribes for their land claims and Florida's ...
... truth commissions and, recently, many apologies. Moreover, legislatures have frequently taken action to expose and repair past damage—such as the 1946 federal legislation to compensate Native tribes for their land claims and Florida's ...
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... truth commissions, apologies, and statutes that impose duties on private corporations to disclose their complicity in slavery and Jim Crow. Then it moves to the more controversial, such as statutes that provide retroactive liability for ...
... truth commissions, apologies, and statutes that impose duties on private corporations to disclose their complicity in slavery and Jim Crow. Then it moves to the more controversial, such as statutes that provide retroactive liability for ...
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... truth commissions, to community-building programs, and in rare instances individual payments. There has been little systematic effort to define reparations, however. And yet we need some kind of definition to give us a common language ...
... truth commissions, to community-building programs, and in rare instances individual payments. There has been little systematic effort to define reparations, however. And yet we need some kind of definition to give us a common language ...
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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