A reparations commission should interpret eligibility generously

Evidence

Any black person who is not on the list but thinks they were wrongfully excluded could come forward with evidence that they identify as black. No good explanation would be ignored. Those who passed as white would have a complicated case to make, yet it was racism that caused them to make the choice, and they too deserve an opportunity to be heard by the commission. The approach of the DC Compensated Emancipation Act was to generously interpret benefits, which should govern here as well. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 541

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: International law defines reparation as restitution, compensation, and satisfaction. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 716; Reparations means compensation for government-caused or government-failing-to-prevent harm; Eligibility for reparations requires documented Black identification and an enslaved ancestor — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1382 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: International law defines reparation as restitution, compensation, and satisfaction. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 716; Reparations means compensation for government-caused or government-failing-to-prevent harm; Eligibility for reparations requires documented Black identification and an enslaved ancestor — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1382 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Supporting reparations means committing to documented loss accounting, not fixating on one price tag #complicates (0.71) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 555