Reparations

Puerto Rico Se Levanta

I’m Puerto Rican, but I didn’t learn much about the history of Puerto Rico or the political implications of its being a territory of the United States until I was a freshman at Brooklyn College. It was devastating but not

March 21, 2019 No Comments

Bayard Rustin believed in affirmative action and systemic political change

No one is perfect. That includes civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. That’s the message columnist Coleman Hughes and video producer Taige Jensen tried to send in a multimedia New York Times opinion piece titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero

March 5, 2019 No Comments

Bayard Rustin’s views on affirmative action: A critique

On February 28, 2019, The New York Times published a 6-minute multimedia video, narrated by Times contributing opinion writer Coleman Hughes, titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative Action: How would Bayard Rustin be judged today?” Text

March 1, 2019 No Comments

Restoring Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions Is Essential to Reparations

The most critical reparation issue is certainly financial, but I have been working this legislative session on the restoration of voting rights for those with felony convictions here in Washington state. Although we decided not to explicitly include restoration language

February 28, 2019 No Comments

Restoring Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions Is Essential to Reparations

The most critical reparation issue is certainly financial, but I have been working this legislative session on the restoration of voting rights for those with felony convictions here in Washington state. Although we decided not to explicitly include restoration language

February 28, 2019 No Comments

Redlining and the Many Effects of Slavery: Are You Willing to Act to Heal This Moral Injury?

By David J. Ragland Recent headlines reinforce how little progress has been made in terms of economic justice for African Americans. An exhaustive report by the Center for Investigative Journalism examined current redlining practices that fuel gentrification. Combing through over

February 26, 2019 No Comments

Redlining and the Many Effects of Slavery: Are You Willing to Act to Heal This Moral Injury?

By David J. Ragland Recent headlines reinforce how little progress has been made in terms of economic justice for African Americans. An exhaustive report by the Center for Investigative Journalism examined current redlining practices that fuel gentrification. Combing through over

February 26, 2019 No Comments

The Case for Interpersonal Reparations

“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America

February 24, 2019 No Comments

The Case for Interpersonal Reparations

“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America

February 24, 2019 No Comments

Turtle Island Immigrant: Do Americans of European descent need an exit strategy from Whiteness?

It’s all about demographics. In 2015, the Census Bureau reported that 50.3% of children younger than five already belonged to “minority” populations. By 2044, the Bureau projects, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. (Pew Research gives the

February 23, 2019 No Comments

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