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Linda J. Bilmes; Cornell William Brooks – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2024
Paying reparations to Black Americans has long been contentiously debated. This article addresses an unexamined pillar of this debate: the United States has a long-standing social norm that if an individual or community has suffered a harm, it is considered right for the federal government to provide some measure of what we term "reparatory…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Federal Programs, Compensation (Remuneration)