Alright, I've read the case for reparations and I still don't understand his practical plan. His example of Germany giving money to the Israeli state requires two governing bodies and an exchange of funds. What he's proposing would require a black state in america to determine, which would require huge social changes to organize. I think his best argument comes in the middle of the article. He says we haven't even studied how reparations would affect a community, so that's probably where we should start. The fact that he then goes on to say reparations is a great idea based on that one example seems a little off to me. The idea of reparations should be studied and we should find ways to form and finance reparation coalitions before saying this is the absolutely perfect solution.
John Conyers, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, has introduced legislation to study the effect of reparations every year (or most years, my memory is hazy on this) since he's been in Congress (50 years!). It has never once come up for a committee vote, I believe, let alone a floor vote.He says we haven't even studied how reparations would affect a community, so that's probably where we should start.