"Practicalities" of Reparations (was Re: Defacing Websites, "Stealing" Free Papers)

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Thu Mar 29 12:57:45 PST 2001


Doug wrote:


>Reparations, though, is an important issue. I've nudged people on
>the practicalities because I think they're pretty complicated, but
>there's no doubt in my mind that U.S. society is built on a number
>of crimes against humanity - not just slavery and its aftermath, but
>the genocide of the indigenous population and a century or more of
>imperial adventures.

Mat & Justin have already made an argument that practicalities are not the problem. What's your objection to them?

Yoshie



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