OPINION: 'The court decision puts a roadblock at the start of the journey to economic restitution, with consequences that can extend from education to employment and contracting,' writes Roger House.
have been made to recover the value of lost farmland, business, and homes through the instruments of deceit and violence, and the takings by eminent domain.1437918182
Students from Harvard College, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and other HBCUs joined fellow proponents of affirmative action in higher education in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last year.As the dust from the Supreme Court decision settles, Black political leaders would be prudent to explore a new agenda of restitution for the unjust enrichment from slavery and Jim Crow.
Any agenda should encourage reliable structures for filing claims. And it should prioritize the distribution of awards in the areas of pensions, workforce development, affordable housing, debt relief, health insurance, and youth recovery. In 1972, Yale Law Professor Boris Bittker estimated the cost of reparations for slavery at about $1 trillion in the book,The community probably will gain more from an agenda that directs investments to HBCUs and programs at community colleges and urban public colleges that serve large numbers of Black students.
Beyond the question of financial wholeness, the demand for reparations for slavery and Jim Crow has cultural merit as well. Randall Robinson, in “,” argued that the debate helps America better understand the divergent pathways of race in the country’s history. The legacy of demands for reparations, the late Pan-African activist concluded, has roots in the dignity of Black America.
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