Reparations : pro & con /
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate overreparations f...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate overreparations from the 1700s to the present, examining the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present, examining failed and successful lawsuits, and reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, and businesses, includingapologies and tru. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-280) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780198041344 0198041349 9780195304084 019530408X 9781429440134 1429440139 9786610846375 6610846375 |