By Herbert J. Gans (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I agree with virtually all of Steinhorn’s and Diggs-Brown’s analysis, but do not share their disappointment, since few of us who were around in the actual (rather than the now imagined) ’60s had any illusions or expected any miracles. Moreover, racial, and particularly residential, integration was then a … [Read more...] about “An Integration Scenario OR Ending the Illusion” by Herbert J. Gans (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
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“Reparations for Catastrophic Human Waste” by Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera (September/October 1994 P&R Issue)
By Joe Feagin & Hernan Vera (Click here to view the entire issue) Reparations for African Americans is an idea whose time has come. Not long ago, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (NCOBRA) was organized to work aggressively for monetary compensation for slavery and other racial oppression. Several black plaintiffs in Oakland, California, have … [Read more...] about “Reparations for Catastrophic Human Waste” by Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera (September/October 1994 P&R Issue)
“A Friendly Dissent” by Howard Winant (July-August 1994 P&R Issue)
By Howard Winant (Click here to view the entire issue) The United States was created out of a group of European colonies located on territory expropriated from native peoples. After 1650 or so, these colonies, north and south, also engaged in widespread enslavement of African people. The distinctions are drawn by the end of the 17th Century between Europeans, on the one … [Read more...] about “A Friendly Dissent” by Howard Winant (July-August 1994 P&R Issue)
