A leading reparations activist says there is merit in pursuing a variety of legal strategies that might convince U.S. courts that Black people deserve damages for past treatment in the United States. However, Kamm Howard, of the legislative commission of NCOBRA, the national Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, doesn’t believe there is anything “novel” about the proposal by Dr. Jahi Issa and Reggie Mabry, that reparations activists recognize that slavery was legal in the U.S., and adjust their legal strategy, according. “Slavery was never legal under international norms,” said Howard. “Only a small number of nations in Europe colluded together and created some rules among themselves on how to engage in these international crimes. Those were rules amongst criminals.”
Politicians must not be allowed to escape accountability for US militarism, both on foreign shores and US streets.
Don't know if it was the Bible That said it, or if it was Confucius— Or, if I just made this shit up: "Beware of the one riding in Bareback, facing backwards on
The mandate would affect a system of almost half a million students, 74 percent of them minorities.”
A war waged by deed of title has dispossessed 98 percent of black agricultural landowners in America.
This week’s letters discuss African-Americans and immigration, Bernie Sanders and the criminal justice system, and Jay-Z’s relationship to the NFL and Colin Kaepernick. We share your let
