reparations was granted to Japanese Americans. Though certainly not an easy victory many of the victims were living when the demand and approval of U.S. And the primary organization that led the lobbying effort, the Japanese American Citizens League, had a similar commitment-unlike NAARC and N’COBRA who want the funds to be funneled through a National Reparations Trust Authority. Japanese Americans benefited from the presence of two elected officials in each house of Congress who were fully committed to a plan for restitution that incorporated direct payments to eligible recipients.
Like the Japanese claim native black Americans have a date-defined time frame for our claim, 1776 to the present. Japanese Americans were successful in obtaining reparations from the United States government, in part, because their claim was specific to a defined group, and identified the particular harms committed within a date-defined time frame. “How did the Japanese Americans get reparations before black Americans?” How Might other Communities Support Our Reparations Claim – Steven Cannonġ. Each issue will contain reparations-related topics and five quick points from featured guest authors who offer their responses to commonly held questions raised and positions taken in opposition to reparations. The book From here to equality: Reparations for black Americans in the twentieth century (Darity & Mullen, 2020) will serve as our base source for the volumes’ invited authors. Authorship is being encouraged from every sector and community of citizens concerned with restorative justice for black American Descendants of Slavery (i.e., ADOS) by the closing of the black-white racial wealth gap. It allows supporters to take an ownership share in our online social justice advocacy.
The FHTE (From Here to Equality) Reparationist Quick Guide Response was initially established in October of 2020, as the ADOS Reparationist Quick Guide©, and is designed to be a civic engagement resource for anyone. Kentuckiana Digital Library via University of Kentucky About Us Image: The Belle Brezing Photographic Collection, 2003AV1, Special Collections, University of Kentucky. From Here To Equality (FHTE) Reparationist Quick Guide Issue 3.
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