By Douglas J. Amy (Click here to view the entire issue) Adoption of proportional representation elections (PR) in the U.S. is a political reform that should be of great interest to activists and scholars concerned with issues of race and poverty. Thanks to Lani Guinier and others, this long-neglected reform is now beginning to get the attention it deserves. Proportional … [Read more...] about “Proportional Representation: A Tool for Empowering Minorities and the Poor” by Douglas Amy (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
“Morally Powerful, But Divisive” by David McReynolds (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
By David McRynolds (Click here to view the entire issue) The issue of reparations is valid. It has its own logic and moral power, but in the real world within which these matters must be worked out, I think it will prove divisive. If one takes a classic Marxist view that a small minority controls the wealth created by the vast majority and that a transformative shift in … [Read more...] about “Morally Powerful, But Divisive” by David McReynolds (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
“Let Us Not Accept Either Victimology or Blaming-the-Victimology” by Wilson Riles, Jr. (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
By Wilson Riles, Jr. (Click here to view the entire issue) As has happened so often in the past, when it comes to real money and assets folks get squeamish. It’s no longer about doing the right thing, it’s about how you can’t be serious. H.R. 40 does not ask for money. It asks for an acknowledgment of the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery … [Read more...] about “Let Us Not Accept Either Victimology or Blaming-the-Victimology” by Wilson Riles, Jr. (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
“Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
By Kalonji Olusegun (Click here to view the entire issue) Both Chester Hartman's interview with Richard America and Howard Winant's "A Friendly Dissent" lack the essence of the demand for reparations as seen by the grassroots Africans, 88% of whom, during a recent survey circulated by NCOBRA, indicated they believed that the United States should pay lack people reparations … [Read more...] about “Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
“H.R. 40 Misses the Point” by Sharon Parker (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
By Sharon Parker (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Racism is embedded in the dominant American culture so deeply, we (some of us) fail to see it. Most important, we fail to see that it continues to affect all of us: every person, male or female; every immigrant, every refugee; every race, every age group; and every religious, social, legal, artistic, business, … [Read more...] about “H.R. 40 Misses the Point” by Sharon Parker (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
