By Robert Jensen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The invitation to write this commentary asked for reaction to the “sadly dour view” on integration of Steinhorn and Diggs-Brown. Yet I don’t find the authors’ view sad or dour; their conclusion that racial integration is an illusion is honest and hopeful. Like the authors, it seems to me that the only hope of … [Read more...] about “The Morally Lazy White Middle Class” by Robert Jensen (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
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“The Proposed Reparations Study Commission” by Rep. John Conyers (July-August 1994 P&R Issue)
By Rep. John Conyers (Click here to view the entire issue) The lingering effects of slavery have been a continuing issue within the African American community for many years. All of us are painfully aware of the damage racism did to African Americans as it expressed itself through slavery, racial segregation and discrimination. A national movement has emerged in favor of … [Read more...] about “The Proposed Reparations Study Commission” by Rep. John Conyers (July-August 1994 P&R Issue)
