By Jeanne Mirer (Click here to view the entire issue) In 1977, I had to fly to a city in the Midwest. The cab driver who picked me up at the airport got chatty and asked me where I was from. When I said "Detroit," he asked, "which suburb?" I said, "I live in the city." He then said to me, "How do you stand it? There are so many niggers there." Obviously, because I was … [Read more...] about “H.R. 40: If Not Now, When?” by Jeanne Mirer (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
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“Apology/Acknowledgement Is Imperative” by Theodore M. Shaw (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
By Theodore M. Shaw (Click here to view the entire issue) One hundred and thirty years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, the issue of reparations for the descendants of slaves is a subject of discussion in some quarters. Some argue that the United States' failure to compensate African Americans for the wrongs of slavery leaves unfinished business on the … [Read more...] about “Apology/Acknowledgement Is Imperative” by Theodore M. Shaw (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
