Neither blanket reparations nor refusing action can alone restore racial equity

Evidence

In the end, either redistributing the nation’s wealth or refusing to take any reparative action would probably fail to restore full equity between Whites and Blacks in America. Although some have suggested that all Black Americans descended from slaves be given forty acres of land and a mule (Oubre, 1978), it is difficult to imagine that this token or any sum of money could truly make up for the experience of slavery. Instead, we will have to find a method that falls somewhere in between these two propositions – one that can provide Black Americans with the means to achieve and maintain equity with White Americans. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 480

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Civil rights gains cannot offset reparations because they never targeted black Americans exclusively — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 572; Reparations would not end racism but would train watchful oversight; Financial reparations fail to address embedded societal racism and ongoing exploitation — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 427 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Financial reparations fail to address embedded societal racism and ongoing exploitation #complicates (0.80) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 427
• Multicultural affirmation alone does not achieve collective liberation. #corroborates (0.78) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1272
• Civil rights gains cannot offset reparations because they never targeted black Americans exclusively #complicates (0.75) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 572
• Reparations would not end racism but would train watchful oversight #complicates (0.75)
• Focusing remedies on chattel slavery alone weakens the reparations case #complicates (0.72) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 557