The US government CAN administer #reparations if it chose to:
The federal government has paid compensation to victims of terrorism, wrongful convictions, natural disasters and Japanese American interned during WWII. It has paid coal miners, farmers and fishermen, and partial restitution to thousands of descendants of Native American tribes.
These programs refute that they would be too difficult and expensive to administer.
https://theconversation.com/paying-reparations-for-slavery-is-possible-232675
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The federal government has paid compensation to victims of terrorism, wrongful convictions, natural disasters and Japanese American interned during WWII. It has paid coal miners, farmers and fishermen, and partial restitution to thousands of descendants of Native American tribes.
These programs refute that they would be too difficult and expensive to administer.
https://theconversation.com/paying-reparations-for-slavery-is-possible-232675
#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #News
Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups
Since the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for those suffering from the harms of slavery, the US remains silent.The Conversation
