The Argument for Reparations
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Additional Resources
Articles
Ahdeel Hassan, No Easy Answers on Reparations, New York Times, June 21, 2019.
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Andrew W. Kahrl, Opinion | Black People's Land was Stolen, New York Times, June 20, 2019.
BBC Staff with additional reporting by Paula Hong, Should Black Americans Get Slavery Reparations?, BBC, March 21, 2019.
Bonny Ibhawoh, What Canada and South Africa can teach the U.S. about Slavery Reparations, The Conversation.com, July 15, 2019.
Breeanna Hare and Doug Criss, Six questions about slavery reparations, answered, CNN News, August 15, 2020.
Brentin Mock, Four Numbers That Explain Racial Disparities in Homeownership, Bloomberg, April 1, 2021.
David Leonhardt, Opinion | Reparations? Yes, but..., New York Times, June 17, 2019.
Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman, What South Africa can teach the U.S. about reparations, Washington Post, June 25, 2019.
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Kris Manjapra, How the long fight for Reparations is slowly being won, The Guardian, October 6, 2020.
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Natalie Moore, Racial Inequality In How Chicago-Area Homes Are Valued Is Increasing, WBEZ Chicago, May 17, 2021.
New York Times Staff, Here's what Ta-Nehisi Coates told Congress about Reparations, New York Times, June 19, 2019.
Patrica Cohen, What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019, NY Times, May 23, 2019. "The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. Here are some formulas for achieving the aim."
Raheem Hanifa, High-Income Black Homeowners Receive Higher Interest Rates than Low-Income White Homeowners, Joint Center for Housing Studies - Harvard University, February 16, 2021.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, A Historic Hearing: House Panel Explores Reparations, New York Times, June 19, 2019.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations, The New Yorker, June 10, 2019.
Tera W. Hunter, When Slaveowners Got Reparations, New York Times, April 16, 2019.
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Yusuf Nuruddin, The Promises and Pitfalls of Reparations, Institute of the Black World 21st Century, August 4, 2017.
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Documents
Rashawn Ray and Andre Perry, Why We Need Reparations for Black Americans, Brookings Policy Institute, 2020.
Presentations
Kamm Howard, Local Reparations, City of Evanston Reparations webpage, May 21, 2020.
Videos
House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 40, to establish a Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, C-SPAN, June 19, 2019.
The Disturbing History of the Suburbs, College Humor - Adam Ruins Everything, October 1, 2017.
Dr. William Darity and Kirsten Mullin, Discussion of their book, From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century, Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC, May 27, 2020.
House Committee on the Judiciary, H.R.40: Exploring the Path to Reparative Justice in America, House Committee on the Judiciary, February 17, 2021.
National Reparations Forum, From Enslavement to Reparations: A 400 Year Journey for Justice, Nov 5, 2019, 90 Minutes.
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Podcasts
Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow, Reparations: The Big Payback, The Black Effect and iHeartRadio, June, 24, 2021.
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Books
Andre Perry, Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities, Brookings Institution Press, May 19, 2020.