The topics included reparations for slavery (Mr. Kerry is opposed, but said so only after meandering paragraphs about lynching, Jim Crow, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and affirmative action), Haiti ("to some degree Aristide became what he preached against") and how he would appeal to African-American voters (he said he thought blacks cared about the same issues as everyone else).
Coates believes nothing much can be done to decrease the violence short of major structural changes, including reparations for slavery and racism, an end to all discrimination in housing, the workplace and school, and the release of virtually all African Americans prisoners.
But on the sidelines they have also made progress on the other thorny issues on the agenda, including reparation for victims, the kind of punishment the guerrillas may face and a mechanism to ratify the agreement.
The only thing missing from this conversation about racial healing – which may or may not ultimately include reparations – is a door for both black and white Americans to walk through.
The deal also includes reparations to victims and sets up a transitional justice system for crimes committed during the conflict.
Compensation for women for medical expenses incurred after a rape and the creation of a central government fund to provide fuller compensation, including reparations to the victim.
In the teachers' edition of the exercise, the goal is for students to write out the steps of an apology, including reparation.
Other ideas include obtaining reparations for past racial injustices and spending as much as $4 trillion to create government jobs for black workers and subsidizing businesses to hire black workers.
These include demands for reparations and the cruel legacy from Ethiopia's policy of mass deportation.
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