It's surprising that it should take this form at the trend-conscious Donmar: two intervals, one aspidistra, extended arguments about whether reparations demanded from Germany would cause future conflict, detailed examinations of the Silesian coal mines.
He also called for a study into whether reparations should be paid for slavery, noting that he has co-sponsored legislation to this effect with Representative John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan.
Senior black members of Congress have long sought a formal apology for slavery, often coupled with a look at whether reparations should be paid to the descendants of Africans brought to America as slaves.
He liked to say that all he asked for the Negro was "simply justice", though the contexts always left it unclear how much he included in justice, whether it would involve reparation, and whether he was simply denying that he was not asking for "benevolence" or "pity" for the Negro (Douglass 1865: 283).
Our data doesn't indicate whether such reparations make employees feel better after abusive outbursts.
And on Wednesday, Mr. Crist said he was open to evaluating whether broader reparations for slavery would be worth pursuing.
The unspoken divide between black people and white people — whether over reparations, affirmative action, or the question of paying N.C.A.A. athletes — comes down to a question of history.
In any case the issue they raise is a distraction from the central question whether African Americans are owed reparation.
The difficult topics of victim reparations, whether Farc leaders will have to serve jail time and the details of their demobilisation are yet to come.
On another question, whether they support reparations to African-Americans for slavery, Mr. Golisano said he did not, while Mr. McCall's response was ambiguous.
