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Indigenous Peoples in the so-called United States have received land and billions of dollars for various benefits and programs for being forcibly exiled from their lands. <ref>https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/why-we-need-reparations-for-black-americans/</ref> | Indigenous Peoples in the so-called United States have received land and billions of dollars for various benefits and programs for being forcibly exiled from their lands. <ref>https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/why-we-need-reparations-for-black-americans/</ref> | ||
===Black populations=== | === Black populations === | ||
Black people have not received reparations for state-sanctioned racial discrimination, while slavery afforded some white families the ability to accrue tremendous wealth. | |||
Revision as of 17:41, 16 September 2022
Reparations describe a system of redress for grave injustices.
Examples of Reparations
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples in the so-called United States have received land and billions of dollars for various benefits and programs for being forcibly exiled from their lands. [1]
Black populations
Black people have not received reparations for state-sanctioned racial discrimination, while slavery afforded some white families the ability to accrue tremendous wealth.