By Esmerelda Simmons (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Question: Will reparations by the US for the descendants of enslaved Africans in the US follow closely on the heels of the WCAR? Answer: The US currently maintains an official policy of denial in regard to this entire issue. To date, the US government is fighting against the agreed-upon wording contained … [Read more...] about “Dismantling Racism at the WCAR” by Esmerelda Simmons (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
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“Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
By Kalonji Olusegun (Click here to view the entire issue) Both Chester Hartman's interview with Richard America and Howard Winant's "A Friendly Dissent" lack the essence of the demand for reparations as seen by the grassroots Africans, 88% of whom, during a recent survey circulated by NCOBRA, indicated they believed that the United States should pay lack people reparations … [Read more...] about “Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)