The Black Reparations Project : a handbook for racial justice

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darity, William Sr. 1924-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Reparations.

African Americans.

Racial justice--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Racial justice.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Black Reparations Project

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2023.

Summary:

This groundbreaking resource moves us from theory to action with a practical plan for reparations. A surge in interest in black reparations is taking place in America on a scale not seen since the Reconstruction Era. The Black Reparations Project gathers an accomplished interdisciplinary team of scholars--members of the Reparations Planning Committee--who have considered the issues pertinent to making reparations happen. This book will be an essential resource in the national conversation going forward. The first section of The Black Reparations Project crystallizes the rationale for reparations, cataloguing centuries of racial repression, discrimination, violence, mass incarceration, and the immense black-white wealth gap. Drawing on the contributors' expertise in economics, history, law, public policy, public health, and education, the second section unfurls direct guidance for building and implementing a reparations program, including draft legislation that addresses how the program should be financed and how claimants can be identified and compensated. Rigorous and comprehensive, The Black Reparations Project will motivate, guide, and speed the final leg of the journey for justice.

Contents:

Introduction / William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard, Samuel DuBois

Where does black reparations in America stand? / William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen

Wealth implications of slavery and racial discrimination for African American descendants of the enslaved / Thomas Craemer, Trevor Smith, Brianna Harrison, Trevon Logan, Wesley Bellamy, and William A. Darity Jr.

Unequal housing and the case for reparations / Walter D. Greason.

Educational inequities and the case for reparations / Malik Edwards

The role of media in the disenfranchisement of black Americans and its role in reparative efforts / Trevor Smith

The African American health burden : disproportionate and unresolved / Keisha Bentley-Edwards

Learning from past experiences with reparations / A. Kirsten Mullen and William A. Darity Jr.

Considerations for the design of a reparations plan / Trevon D. Logan

Reparations and adult education : civic and community engagement for lifelong learners / Lisa R. Brown

The children of slavery : genealogical research and establishing eligibility for reparations / Evelyn A. McDowell

On the black reparations highway : avoiding the detours / William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen

Appendix A. List of documented massacres and instances of mob violence perpetrated against black individuals, Civil War through 1950

Appendix B. Pedigree chart from Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage

Appendix C. Family group sheet from Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-520-38382-6

OCLC:

1375295921