Reparations would not end racism but would train watchful oversight
Evidence
We have also seen how the end of chattel slavery did not end the reality of black American subordination. We should not expect reparations to be the end of the chapter on racism. (The Indian Claims Commission did not end the government’s taking of land from Tribal Nations.) We should expect a backlash to reparations, but the process would train many more watchful eyes to make sure that we don’t slip back into familiar patterns of white supremacy. This time could be different. We can fight back armed with better information and the political will to change. Also, because most of the reparations funding would not be individual cash payments, the fear expressed by some, that black people would be vulnerable to fraud and subject to being swindled, can be eliminated. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 597
Categorization
- XREF: The Indian Claims Commission parallel doubles as an answer to ‘reparations didn’t work before’ objections — good ammunition for the legal-brief reading. — connects to: Neither blanket reparations nor refusing action can alone restore racial equity — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 480; Reparations would not end racism but would strengthen monitoring against backsliding.; Reparations would make currently invisible racial dynamics visible to white Americans — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 608 (+3 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Neither blanket reparations nor refusing action can alone restore racial equity — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 480; Reparations would not end racism but would strengthen monitoring against backsliding.; Reparations would make currently invisible racial dynamics visible to white Americans — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 608 (+3 more)