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...reference to the unfulfilled promise to freed slaves for “40 acres and a mule”) at the beginning of each Congressional term since 1989. Each time, the legislation has died. The goal for proponents of black reparations is a national apology for slavery, Jim Crow and institutional discrimination, along with a national form of compensation. Exacting reparations through corporate litigation is not the goal itself, but simply a means to further the debate that has continually been stalled in America’s political arena...
...estimated that the present-day value of expropriated slave-labor ranges to trillions of dollars, depending the rate of interest. Importantly, the emancipated slaves were neither compensated for this toil, nor treated as equal citizens upon their emancipation. Instead, freed slaves and their descendants were subjected to the Jim Crow period of legalized discrimination and segregation that dedicated a system of inferiority to them in all areas of life from residential segregation to educational separation and political disenfranchisement. The result was the continuation of the socio-economic subordination of African-Americans in American society. After the Supreme Court?...
buck is a frank and serious attempt to bring to the forefront issues which should be engaged in a theatrical setting. It is unfortunate that the piece is ultimately blemished by the irony that, in this portrait of the Jim Crow South, while the lack of female perspective is suggested as problematic, the play’s structure does not provide an adequate forum for such a perspective to be communicated...
...Atlanta and get put on hold, one of the jingles that play in your ear is the familiar "It's the real thing," circa 1969. Coke loves paying homage to its history. But using this ancient tag line underscores a problem: Coke hasn't had a catchy verse to crow about in years, and although it spent nearly $2 billion last year advertising its various brands around the globe, Coke saw its share of the critical U.S. cola market decline. Meanwhile, PepsiCo is riding a sizzling Britney Spears?led ad campaign to a bigger share, and has launched an audacious...
...institute is headed by a committee of professors, currently led by Michael Crow, a university administrator who will leave Columbia to accept the presidency of Arizona State University on July 1. According to the Herald Tribune article, Sachs is being offered that leadership position...