Ira Katznelson Quoted in Truthdig
The Bill for Inequality Is Due: Ira Katznelson makes the case for reparations in "When Affirmative Action Was White." by Stephen Rohdes
On July 1, the California Reparations Task Force will deliver its final report to the state legislature in Sacramento. The document is expected to recommend a number of policies designed to “guarantee restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and non-repetition,” covering everything from affirmative action to the death penalty, from voting rights to health care. Public discussion of the anticipated report has been narrower, focused on the possibility the task force will recommend cash payments for the descendants of slaves as compensation for decades of health disparities, housing discrimination and the mass incarceration and overpolicing of African Americans.
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