Tagged: black exellence

“Since political support from white Americans would be essential for enabling legislation to be passed to establish a reparations program for African Americans — or merely to get Rep. John Conyers long-stalled bill to establish a commission to study reparations for African Americans out of committee— these numbers indicate that the task of building a national movement of black reparations is daunting. Still, the legislative route seems to be the most likely route to produce a comprehensive and effective reparations program. So the serious and hard task is one of persuading the U.S. public of the validity of reparations for African Americans.”

Source: William Darity, Jr. Forty Acres and a Mule in the 21st Century. Social Science Quarterly, Volume 89, No. 3, September 2008.