After the Election, the “R” Word: Reparations

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 10:21

By Salvatore Babones, Truthout | Op-Ed

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Reparations for slavery may never be approved by the courts, but we can focus on fixing the social structures that reinforce racial inequalities and are the enduring contemporary legacy of slavery.

Just before the election, the satirical web site The Onion ran a fake article that was purportedly written by Barack Obama. In it, the president supposedly promised to seek payments for African-Americans to compensate them for America’s history of slavery.

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