Noam Chomsky

Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

American Activist

Ruth J. Simmons

The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past.

American Educator

W. Kamau Bell

I keep trying to write the crowd-pleasing slavery joke and the crowd-pleasing reparations joke, but any time you mention slavery or reparations in any detail, it seems to bum lots of people out. That's a challenge I keep putting in front of myself.

American Comedian

David Shields

The originating sin of America is slavery, for which reparations should be paid and will never be paid; as a result, mini-reparations are paid daily, and the NBA remains, for me, reparations theater.

American Author

Kevin Young

Forget reparations - we need to rescue aspects of black culture abandoned even by black folks, whether it is the blues or home cookin' or broader forms of not just survival but triumph.

Thom Tillis

I believe there are several conservative democrats who are prepared to join Republicans in opposition to measures that propose new entitlements and reparations.

American Politician

Margaret MacMillan

In my view, Germany could and should have made reparations for its aggression in World War I - but was the risk of renewed war worth forcing it to do so?

Canadian Historian

Cassandra Wilson

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

American Musician

Steve Irwin

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.

Australian Scientist

Ta-Nehisi Coates

You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.

American Journalist

Involves a sense of ethical obligation to correct a harm.

Moral Responsibility

Can include apologies, community service, or other personal actions.

Not Just Money

Often involves long-term societal or historical wrongdoings.

Historical Context

Implies a legal requirement to compensate after a lawsuit or settlement.

Legal Obligation

Used in international contexts to refer to compensations for war damages.

War Consequences

Usually follows an official judgement or acknowledgment of harm.

After Judgement

Focuses on fixing or restoring something to its original state.

Physical Restoration

Describes the systematic method to fix something broken or worn-out.

Process Oriented

Magnitude of reparation relates to the extent of damage.

Scope of Damage

 in a green and racially inclusive way you're you're going to leave many people on the sidelines human suffering will continue but more importantly you're going to lead economic prosperity on the sidelines think about that in america when we look at the idea for instance of reparations the estimates of how much it

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 human rights watch issued a report in 2020 making a case for reparations for descendants they and others are calling on federal state and local governments to come up with adequate ways to repair the harm what's harder to calculate are the effects of decades of erasing the history of what

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 the Soviet Union extracted resources from the East as war reparations, making its planned economy even less competitive. Life in East Germany passed under the watchful eye of the Stasi, the secret police whose wiretaps and informants monitored citizens for any hint of disloyalty.

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 as a documentary storyteller and as a teacher. But beyond that, besides that, what does it mean? What does it mean for any of us? Does it mean that we support leaders who want to push ahead with a conversation about reparations? In our communities,

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 and approve reparations payments to survivors. For Harry, though, his greatest regret was not having the courage to thank his Japanese grand uncle who had taught him so much. The story of the Akune brothers is many a family divided by circumstance,

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 Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war and pay reparations, debilitating its already weakened economy. All this was seen as a humiliation by many nationalists and veterans. They wrongly believed the war could have been won

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 they want to bring about racial equality. Many Americans recognize just how critical economic livelihood is for every person in this country, in this economic system. But then many Americans reject or are not supportive of reparations.

The difference between...

 must be sufficient to eliminate racial wealth differentials within the course of a decade like to add finally that the corona virus epidemic only further dramatizes the case for reparations we've observed excess mortality on the

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 Despite this devastation, calls for reparations have gone unanswered. To this day, throughout Belgium can be found the monuments King Leopold built on a foundation of inconceivable cruelty.

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 I feel ashamed. And I feel humbled by their strength. And I will forever feel a need to make reparations to Iraq.