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Publication Date: 2024
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Justice Delayed: An Analysis of Local Proposals for Black Reparations
Olivia J. Reneau
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, v10 n3 p140-161 2024
In this article, I document and analyze all municipal, state, and county-level efforts for Black reparations in the United States. Most efforts resemble H.R. 40's exploratory commission model, possibly due to policy path dependency. Few geographies have allocated funding for committee recommendations, but some have allocated funds for committee activities. Only Evanston, Illinois, has allocated and distributed funds to qualifying residents. On average, cities with reparations efforts demonstrated mixed performance on metrics related to Black wealth, with insufficient evidence to suggest local Black-White disparities are more severe than the nation as a whole. Several proposals emphasize the Black-White racial wealth gap as emblematic of slavery- derived disparity, but no municipal or state proposal can rival the scale or potential of a federal program.
Descriptors: African Americans, Racism, Social Justice, Restorative Practices, Slavery, African American History, United States History, Grants, Eligibility, Government Role, Legislation, Policy Formation, Socioeconomic Status, Racial Differences, Whites, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Poverty, Educational Attainment, Housing, Ownership
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Language: English
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