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The Case for Interpersonal Reparations

February 24, 2019 No Comments

“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 hasn’t even begun to pull out the knife.” –El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X) Slavery, white pillage, and settler

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

February 23, 2019 No Comments

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 transformation date as 2055.) This expectation has been widely publicized, and its impact is widely felt among White people who

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

February 23, 2019 No Comments

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 transformation date as 2055.) This expectation has been widely publicized, and its impact is widely felt among White people who

Separating Families? It’s What the U.S. Has Always Done

February 22, 2019 No Comments

There is a crisis going on at our borders. Children are separated from their families. Mothers are separated from their babies. Many Americans are beginning to take notice and cry out, but the problem is not getting resolved. Democrats are blaming Republicans who in turn are blaming Democrats. And Christians from both sides of the aisle are quoting their Bibles

Separating Families? It’s What the U.S. Has Always Done

February 22, 2019 No Comments

There is a crisis going on at our borders. Children are separated from their families. Mothers are separated from their babies. Many Americans are beginning to take notice and cry out, but the problem is not getting resolved. Democrats are blaming Republicans who in turn are blaming Democrats. And Christians from both sides of the aisle are quoting their Bibles

The Midpoint Between Truth and Reconciliation Is Reparations

February 21, 2019 No Comments

Over the past two years, the article that has come up most frequently in my Facebook feed describes how a report submitted to the U.N. Council on Human Rights has argued that the United States should begin “reparatory justice” processes concerning the “current and historical treatment of black Americans” – processes that would include financial compensation. The Sept. 26, 2016