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

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>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

It occurs to me that by "operationalize" you may mean "make 
reparations within the present framework of American society."  Is 
that so?

Yoshie