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==Examples of Reparations== | == Examples of Reparations == | ||
=== Indigenous Peoples === | === Indigenous Peoples === | ||
Indigenous Peoples should receive reparations through land and billions of dollars for being forcibly exiled from their lands, killed in masses, and stripped of their culture, language and way of life. <ref>https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/why-we-need-reparations-for-black-americans/</ref> | Indigenous Peoples should receive reparations through land and billions of dollars for being forcibly exiled from their lands, killed in masses, and stripped of their culture, language and way of life. <ref>https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/why-we-need-reparations-for-black-americans/</ref> | ||
Canada was ordered to pay over $20 Billion to compensate First Nations children who were unnecessarily taken from their homes and put into the child welfare system | Canada was ordered to pay over $20 Billion to compensate First Nations children who were unnecessarily taken from their homes and put into the child welfare system. <ref>https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/canada-indigenous-foster-care-settlement/</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 accumulate tremendous wealth.<span> Today, racial discrimination, intergenerational trauma and a racial wealth gap continue to exist. </span>The case for reparations can be made on economic, social, and moral grounds. | Black people have not received reparations for state-sanctioned racial discrimination, while slavery afforded some white families the ability to accumulate tremendous wealth.<span> Today, racial discrimination, intergenerational trauma and a racial wealth gap continue to exist. </span>The case for reparations can be made on economic, social, and moral grounds. | ||
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Reparations describe a system of redress for grave injustices.
Examples of Reparations
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples should receive reparations through land and billions of dollars for being forcibly exiled from their lands, killed in masses, and stripped of their culture, language and way of life. [1]
Canada was ordered to pay over $20 Billion to compensate First Nations children who were unnecessarily taken from their homes and put into the child welfare system. [2]
Black populations
Black people have not received reparations for state-sanctioned racial discrimination, while slavery afforded some white families the ability to accumulate tremendous wealth. Today, racial discrimination, intergenerational trauma and a racial wealth gap continue to exist. The case for reparations can be made on economic, social, and moral grounds.