Citation
Darity, William A., Jr. (2009). Stratification Economics: Context versus Culture and the Reparations Controversy.
University of Kansas Law Review, 57(4), 795-811.
Abstract
The general intent of any program of reparations for a grievous injustice should be threefold: acknowledgment, redress (restitution or atonement), and closure. Acknowledgment involves recognition and admission of the wrong by the perpetrators and/or beneficiaries of the wrong. In the case of blacks, this would mean the receipt of a formal apology and a commitment for redress on the part of the American community as a whole. Restitution means restoration of the victims to their condition prior to the injustice or to a condition they might have attained had the injustice not taken place. Again, in the case of blacks, this would mean the adoption of a national program that would eliminate racial disparities in wealth, income, education, health, political participation, and future opportunity to engage in American social life.
URL
https://doi.org/10.17161/1808.20096Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2009
Journal Title
University of Kansas Law Review
Author(s)
Darity, William A., Jr.
