The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. What do you think should happen? [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1988, President Ronald Reagan sought to “right a grave wrong” by signing legislation that apologized for the government’s forced relocation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II and established a $1.25 […]
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America Has Tried Reparations Before. Here Is How It Went. | The New York Times
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America? [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Ever since a Union Army general announced in Galveston, Tex., that “all slaves are free” on June 19, 1865 — a day now commemorated as Juneteenth — the question of […]
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Danny Glover, national activists converge on Evanston as city funds reparations with cannabis tax | Chicago Sun Times
The north suburb, with its historic passage last month of legislation creating a $10 million reparations fund seeded by cannabis sales, drew activists and scholars to a “Reparations Town Hall” Wednesday night, keynoted by actor Danny Glover. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Actor Danny Glover told an Evanston town hall Wednesday night the Chicago suburb will go down […]
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US city to pay reparations to African-American community with tax on marijuana sales | The Telegraph
A city in Illinois has announced it will create a reparations fund for its African American community through a new tax on marijuana sales. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Recreational use of the drug will become legal in the state from January and officials in Evanston, which is 12 miles north of Chicago, have voted to approve a […]
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We need to talk about slavery’s impact on all of us | The Guardian
How should we address the longterm trauma that was caused? As professor of the history of slavery, I aim to find out
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Will America’s Universities Point The Way Towards Reparations For Slavery? | Forbes
Georgetown University recently announced that it plans to raise around $400,000 a year to pay for reparations. They would go to the descendants of enslaved people who were exploited by Jesuit plantations and who were eventually sold to bring revenue to the university. A number of other universities, including Princeton Theological Seminary, have also announced […]
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Which black Americans should get reparations? | The Washington Post
Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post ‘Dramatic Social Change Requires Imagination’ – Prof. William “Sandy” Darity. Featured Image [dropcap]D[/dropcap]URHAM, N.C. — He’s been one of academia’s leading authorities on American racial inequity for years, in high demand by Democratic presidential candidates who hope he’ll endorse their proposals to close the “racial wealth gap” — a term […]
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A Virginia Seminary Is Creating A $1.7 Million Reparations Fund | HuffPost
Virginia Theological Seminary’s fund will be used to support descendants of the slaves who helped build the college.
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The Lost Promise of Reconstruction | The New York Times
Can we reanimate the dream of freedom that Congress tried to enact in the wake of the Civil War?
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Why Japanese-Americans received reparations and African-Americans are still waiting | The Conversation
Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, The Conversation Carvings and barbed wire illustrate the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island, Wash. The site, designed by architect Johnpaul Jones, opened in 2011. (AP/Seattle Times/Jordan Stead). Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] June, the United States House of Representatives held a debate about reparations to African-Americans. One of the questions […]
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