Say Something Real Some Blacks Actually Received the Promised Land By Michelle Bryant For most of my life, I’ve heard the idiom “40 Acres and A Mule”. In the Black community, the phrase … [Read more...]
The Long Road to Justice: A Call for Reparations for African Americans
By KaliMaa Free Do you want to hear a crazy reparation story? After the Haitian revolution in 1807, former French colonists were compensated up to $300 for each enslaved person who was freed. In … [Read more...]
Can Statistics Help Pay the Black American (Afrodescendant) Reparations Bill?
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction The purpose of this report brief explores whether and how statistics can help pay the Black American (Afrodescendant) Reparations bill should the nation ever agree … [Read more...]
Can Crime Pay the Black American (Afrodescendant) Reparations Bill?
BlackEconomics.org® Self-conceit may cause humans to think, speak, and decide prematurely without sufficient and careful consideration. We imagine ourselves more knowledgeable than we ought to think. … [Read more...]
A Direct Measure of a Black American Reparations Amount
BlackEconomics.org® B. B. Robinson, Ph.D. Introduction This report brief presents a new estimate of a Black American Reparations amount that the US Government (USG) should consider when … [Read more...]
Time to Search Ourselves
BlackEconomics.org® Do you know who you are? Really? Consider these questions in the context of an unexpected surge in Black American and global interest in Reparations. This analysis considers these … [Read more...]
Reparations and the Contributions of Lazy Economists
BlackEconomics.org® We are often reminded of the “Chicago School” adage: “If it exists, then it must be efficient; otherwise, it wouldn’t exist.” To prove true, this saying must rest, inter alia, on … [Read more...]
A GD Saturday Can Kickstart Reparations
BlackEconomics.org® Black Americans, who believe that Repara-tions are due, know that there are numerous efforts afoot to secure Reparations in one form or another. Presumably, we can agree that a … [Read more...]
South Asian Immigration: Implications for Black America
BlackEconomics.org® In “Welcoming Black South Asians into the Black World,” BlackEconomics.org highlighted possible benefits of a favorable relationship between Black Americans, other Black people of … [Read more...]
California Panel Takes Big Step Toward $800 Billion Reparation Payments to Black Residents, and Formal Apology
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia California’s reparations task panel approved recommendations to compensate and apologize to Black communities for … [Read more...]