Tuesday, April 27, 2010

"This Remarkably Messy History"

"Given this remarkably messy history, the problem with reparations may not be so much whether they are a good idea or deciding who would get them; the larger question just might be from whom they would be extracted."

In The New York Times, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., wades into the issue of slavery reparations.

And others, including Eric Foner, respond.

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