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)
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“Reparations Versus Economic Integration” by Herbert J. Gans (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
By Herbert J. Gans (Click here to view the entire issue) I agree with Mr. America that the United States is a large complex multi-racial society that's competing internationally less than optimally, and that to improve overall performance, we need to provide more than palliative remedies. However, I do not see how reparations will solve these or related problems. I believe … [Read more...] about “Reparations Versus Economic Integration” by Herbert J. Gans (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)
