ARTICLES RELATED TO REPARATIONS ARTICLES TO READ IN ADVANCE, DURING AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, ESPECIALLY IF THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND THE RESULTS OF WHITE PRIVILEGE ARE NEW TO YOU – PLEASE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT SEEMS RIGHT FOR YOU: “AMERICA’S ORIGINAL SIN: SLAVERY AND THE LEGACY OF WHITE SUPREMACY”, FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 2017 https://www.ForeignaFFairs.com/articles/united-states/2017-12- 12/americas-original-sin?cid=int-fls&pgtype=hpg “USI: UNDERSTANDING SLAVERY INITIATIVE”, 2011 (link doesn’t work but you can still look it up online.) http://understandingslavery.com/index.php- option=com_content&view=article&id=309&Itemid=221.html “THE PERSISTENCE OF WHITEWASHING: HOW CAN AMERICANS HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT MEMORIES OF SLAVERY?, BY JASON SILVERSTEIN, THE NEW REPUBLIC, 5/31/18 https://newrepublic.com/article/148618/persistence-whitewashing “THE UNMET PROMISE OF EQUALITY”, BY FRED HARRIS AND ALAN CURTIS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 2/28/18 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/28/opinion/the-unmet- promise-of-equality.html 1 “WHITE PRIVILEGE”, WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/white_privilege “WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOTICING SOMETHING NEW: THEIR OWN WHITENESS”, BY EMILY BAZELON, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, 6/13/18 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/magazine/white-people-are- noticing-something-new-their-own-whiteness.html “THE SUGARCOATED LANGUAGE OF WHITE FRAGILITY”, BY ANNA KEGLER, THE HUFFINGTON POST/BLOG, 12/6/17 https://www.hufFingtonpost.com/anna-kegler/the-sugarcoated- language-of-white-fragility_b_10909350.html “THE RACE-BASED MORTGAGE PENALTY”, BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 3/7/18 https://nyti.ms/2D9c2i7 “THE UGLY TRUTH OF BEING A BLACK PROFESSOR IN AMERICA”, BY GEORGE YANCY, THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 4/29/18 https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Ugly-Truth-of-being-a/243234 “TEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS OF WELL-INTENTIONED PEOPLE: COMMON MISTAKES MADE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE 2 CONVERSATIONS AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM”, BY CHARLES CODY, 2/17/16 www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/ten-counterproductive-behaviors- of-well-intentioned-people-20160217 1. PLEASE READ BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS ON 10/3: REPARATIONS” BY TA-NEHISI COATES, THE ATLANTIC, 6/14 (THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE – PLAN ON ALLOWING ENOUGH TIME) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the- case-for-reparations/361631/ “THE NATIONAL COALITION OF BLACKS FOR REPARATIONS IN AMERICA”, WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Coalition_oF_Blacks_For_R eparations_in_America “MAKING AMENDS”, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, 11/22/17 https://www.npr.org/programs/specials/racism/010827.reparations.ht ml “REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY, WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparations_For_slavery 3 2. PLEASE READ BEFORE THE SECOND CLASS, 10/10: “SHOULD THE U.S. PAY REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY?, BLOG FROM DEBATE.ORG http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-the-u-s-pay-reparations-for- slavery?ysort=1&nsort=5 “U.S. OWES BLACK PEOPLE REPARATIONS FOR A HISTORY OF ‘RACIAL TERRORISM,’ SAYS U.N. PANEL”, BY ISHAAN THAROOR, THE WASHINGTON POST, 9/27/16 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/u-s... “REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY?”, BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THE BOARD ROOM, THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, 2014 http://www.crf-usa.org/brown-v-board-50th- anniversary/reparations-for-slavery-reading.html “SHOULD U.S. PAY REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY? U.N. APPOINTED EXPERTS THINK SO” BY PAMELA FALK, CBSNEWS, 9/27/16 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/should-us-pay-reparations-for- slavery-united-nations-working-groups-think-so/ 3. PLEASE READ CHALMERS HARDENBERGH’S PLAY ON REPARATIONS. I WILL SEND IT OUT IN AN EMAIL WHEN I RECEIVE THE CLASS LIST. STAY TUNED. 4. PLEASE READ BEFORE THE FOURTH CLASS, 10/24: 4 “THE UNITED NATIONS HAS NOT ORDERED THE UNITED STATES TO PAY REPARATIONS TO BLACK CITIZENS FOR SLAVERY”, COLLECTED BY TWITTER, 9/16 https://www.snopes.com/Fact-check/un-demands-slavery-reparations/ “WHY WE NEED BOTH A NATIONAL APOLOGY AND REPARATIONS TO HEAL THE WOUNDS OF RACISM”, BY MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, THE WASHINGTON POST, 4/4/18 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of- faith/wp/2018/04/04/why-we-need-both-a-national-apology-and- reparations-to-heal-the-wounds-of-racism/?utm_term=.37053857cF36 “THE COST OF SLAVERY REPARATIONS IS NOW WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE”, BY MAX EHRENFREUND, THE WASHINGTON POST, 9/29/16 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/29/the-cost-of- slavery-reparations-is-now-within-the-boundaries-of-the-politically- acceptable/?utm_term=.0fc05ec1dad3 5. PLEASE READ BEFORE THE LAST CLASS, 10/31: “HOW CAN I OFFER REPARATIONS IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO MY WHITE PRIVILEGE: WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO PAY FOR THE UNEARNED ADVANTAGES MY WHITENESS HAS AFFORDED ME”, BY CHRIS MOORE- BACKMAN, YES!, 10/25/17 http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/just-transition/how-i-can-ofFer- reparations-in-direct-proportion-to-my-white-privilege-20171025 5 “WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE RICH INVEST IN RACIAL EQUITY: MEET THE YOUNG 1 PERCENTERS WHO DECIDED TO INVEST THEIR WEALTH IN PLACES THAT LONG EXPERIENCED EXPLOITATION”, BY ARAZ HACHADOURIAN, YES!, 1/10/18 www.yesmagazine.org/issues/solidarity/what-happens-when-the-rich- invest-in-racial-equity-20180110 “AFTER CENTURIES OF HOUSING RACISM, A SOUTHERN CITY GETS INNOVATIVE: IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS ARE KEY TO FAIR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING”, BY ADAM LYNCH, YES!, 5/15/18 www.yesmagazine.org/issues/aFFordable-housing/repairing-a-southern- citys-legacy-of-racist-housing-20180515 “A DIGITAL MAP LEADS TO REPARATIONS FOR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FARMERS: THE MAP’S CREATORS ENVISION EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND RESOURCES THROUGH ‘PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE’ REPARATIONS”, BY JEAN WILLOUGHBY, YES!, 2/21/18 www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/a-digital-map-leads-to- reparations-for-black-and-indigenous-farmers-20180221 “SHOP HERE, NOT THERE: SCIENCE SAYS REDUCING INEQUALITY IS ALMOST THAT SIMPLE – NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SHUTTLING EVEN 5 PERCENT OF CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS TO POORER NEIGHBORHOODS CAN REDUCE INCOME INEQUALITY BY UP TO 80 PERCENT”, BY CHRIS WINTERS, YES!, 11/20/17 www.yesmagazine.org/issues/solidarity/shop-here-not-there 6 “ONE CHEF’S SOCIAL EXPERIMENT: CHARGE MINORITIES $12, WHITE .PEOPLE $30”, BY MAURA JUDKIS, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 3/3/17. http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-cheF-social-experiment-racial-wealth- disparity-20180303-story.html ________________________________________ PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN’T GET INTO THE ARTICLE FROM ANY OF THESE LINKS, IN CASE I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE. 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