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Title: The Economics of Reparations

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2003

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DOI: 10.1257/000282803321947281

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Abstract: The United States government’s posture at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), where the transatlantic slave trade was declared a crime against humanity, evaded a warranted claim by African-Americans for compensation for the enslavement of their ancestors. This evasive posture is anomalous in light of U.S. government support for and administration of reparations for other groups subjected to recent or historic grievous wrongs. Indeed, the U.S. government has undertaken numerous reparations payments to native American tribes for atrocities and treaty violations. Two examples include the 1971 grant . . .

Url: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/10.1257/000282803321947281

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Authors: Darity, William; Frank, Dania

Periodical (Full): American Economic Review

Issue: 2

Volume: 93

Pages: 326-329

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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