By Sheryll Cashin (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Alex Polikoff has provided an important national service in identifying the black ghetto as a singular, nation-threatening challenge that is also eminently redressable. His essay resonated greatly with me when I read it. After three years of working in the Clinton White House on urban policy and five years of … [Read more...] about “Getting the Politics Right on a National Gautreaux Program” by Sheryll Cashin (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
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“WCAR’s Challenge to the Anti-Racist Left” by Eric Mann (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
By Eric Mann (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The World Conference Against Racism was a dress rehearsal for a weak anti-racist movement trying to confront the most powerful common enemy—the U.S. government, the most advanced capitalist state in its imperialist phase, the primary source of racism and national oppression in the world. The U.S. makes a principle of … [Read more...] about “WCAR’s Challenge to the Anti-Racist Left” by Eric Mann (January-February 2002 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)
“Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1995 P&R Issue)
By Kalonji Olusegun (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Both Chester Hartman's interview with Richard America and Howard Winant's AFriendly Dissent@ lack the essence of the demand for reparations as seen by the grassroot Africans, 88% of whom, during a recent survey circulated by N'COBRA, indicated they believed that the United States should pay Black people … [Read more...] about “Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1995 P&R Issue)
“The Proposed Reparations Study Commission” by Rep. John Conyers (July-August 1994 P&R Issue)
By Rep. John Conyers (Click here to view the entire issue) The lingering effects of slavery have been a continuing issue within the African American community for many years. All of us are painfully aware of the damage racism did to African Americans as it expressed itself through slavery, racial segregation and discrimination. A national movement has emerged in favor of … [Read more...] about “The Proposed Reparations Study Commission” by Rep. John Conyers (July-August 1994 P&R Issue)
