MLK DAY & Beyond-- Reparations: What is All the Talk About?
For the first time that many of us can remember, presidential candidates are talking about reparations for African Americans. This complex and controversial issue has generated widely different proposals for compensation of injustices begun with slavery but not resolved with Emancipation. Many Americans are aware that reparations have been made in other nations, and in our own country to Japanese Americans who had been interned during World War II.
Our MLK Day of Service 2020 program was held on Monday, January 20 from 2 to 3:30 pm at Shady Rest at Scotch Hills Country Club. Attendance was large and energy was palpable.
Curious about Reparations?
A group of SJM members has been meeting to plan a program on reparations. We are educating ourselves on the topic. Here’s what we have been reading and discussing:
The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nahesi Coates, The Atlantic, June 2014
The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine, August 18, 2019
America’s original sin and its vestiges belong to its states - including N.J., by Ryan Haygood, The (Newark) Star-Ledger, Updated Aug 22, 2019; Posted Aug 18, 2019
My Reparations Bill, by John Conyers
No Easy Answers, by Adeel Hassan, The New York Times, June 21, 2019
Reparations. The Movement for Black Lives
Black People’s Land was Stolen, By Andrew W. Kahrl, The New York Times, June 20, 2019
What you need to know about reparations after the first congressional hearing convened on the topic in more than a decade, by Valerie Russ, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Updated: June 19, 2019
Podcasts and Audio
American History Tellers, Season 13, Episode 5, Tulsa Race Massacre – Legacy and Lessons
1619, Spoken episodes from The New York Times Magazine, referenced above, are added regularly
Can Reparation Help Right the Wrongs of Slavery?, by Paul Solman,
PBS News Hour, August 1, 2019
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Curious about Reparations?
The group of SJM members that planned the program on reparations continues to educate ourselves on the topic. Here’s what we read and discussed in preparation for the program. We will update the list, including recommendations from our speakers, in the space below.
The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nahesi Coates, The Atlantic, June 2014
The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine, August 18, 2019
America’s original sin and its vestiges belong to its states - including N.J., by Ryan Haygood, The (Newark) Star-Ledger, Updated Aug 22, 2019; Posted Aug 18, 2019
My Reparations Bill, by John Conyers
No Easy Answers, by Adeel Hassan, The New York Times, June 21, 2019
Reparations. The Movement for Black Lives
Black People’s Land was Stolen, By Andrew W. Kahrl, The New York Times, June 20, 2019
What you need to know about reparations after the first congressional hearing convened on the topic in more than a decade, by Valerie Russ, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Updated: June 19, 2019
Podcasts and Audio
American History Tellers, Season 13, Episode 5, Tulsa Race Massacre – Legacy and Lessons
1619, Spoken episodes from The New York Times Magazine, referenced above, are added regularly
Can Reparation Help Right the Wrongs of Slavery?, by Paul Solman,
PBS News Hour, August 1, 2019