Reparations -- Yes? (was Re: Joy In Horowitzville)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Mar 22 09:18:53 PST 2001


Forstater, Mathew wrote:


>I have argued in favor of reps. on teevee twice in the last two
>weeks, once on a
>"in-depth" story on the reparations movement in the KC area on local 10 oclock
>news and once in a half hour 'debate' on the local Sunday morning news 'firing
>line' show. I also organized two seminars on reps last semester with Gary
>Dymski, one on campus and the other at the Bruce Watkins Cultural Heritage
>Center in the KC community. I have also argued for reps. in presentations on
>race, class, and health in a community mtg. sponsored by the KC and State of
>Missouri Health Depts and at a guest lecture at KU medical school,
>and again at
>a conference on public employment here at UMKC, at Black History Month events
>last year and this year, and at several other similar forums. Reps
>are part of a
>three pronged strategy to reduce Black poverty and unemployment (along with
>affirmative action and guaranteed jobs) in papers I've presented in several
>places in the last few years, etc. I am involved with the local NCOBRA
>chapter......

So how do you "operationalize" reparations?

Doug



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