This year, Americans throughout the country witnessed the many highly publicized brutal killings of unarmed black men, women and children by law enforcement, vigilantes, and madmen. However, these events only scratch the surface of what black Americans experience on a daily basis and have had to endure most of their lives. While many argue that black Americans have been given enough equal opportunity considerations, our government has yet to address the atrocities it has committed through unfair discriminatory local, state, and federal policies since its inception. As a result, millions of black Americans today continue to suffer great injustices. A thorough examination of black history and experience will set the foundation for addressing current and past atrocities and allow America the opportunity to rectify the damage through reparations. Reparations are used for addressing injuries and damages in relations among nations, ethnic groups, and other victims of sustained economic and sociopolitical injustice or police aggression.
“The processes of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and discrimination were all mechanisms that transferred and …show more content…
‘Whites Only’ signs have disappeared and the rate of black poverty has decreased, but such progress rests on a shaky foundation. Black families of all incomes are hindered by a lack of wealth which can be attributed to their restricted choice of neighborhoods. From the 1930s through the 1960s black Americans were excluded from the largest wealth-building project in America. When the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) decided to subsidize the housing market black Americans were excluded from these FHA loans. Today, the Pew Research Center estimates that white households are worth roughly twenty times as much as black households, and that whereas only fifteen percent of whites have zero or negative wealth, more than a third of blacks
“The processes of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and discrimination were all mechanisms that transferred and …show more content…
‘Whites Only’ signs have disappeared and the rate of black poverty has decreased, but such progress rests on a shaky foundation. Black families of all incomes are hindered by a lack of wealth which can be attributed to their restricted choice of neighborhoods. From the 1930s through the 1960s black Americans were excluded from the largest wealth-building project in America. When the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) decided to subsidize the housing market black Americans were excluded from these FHA loans. Today, the Pew Research Center estimates that white households are worth roughly twenty times as much as black households, and that whereas only fifteen percent of whites have zero or negative wealth, more than a third of blacks