Friday, April 30, 2010

Henry Louis Gates On President Obama And Reparations

In his recent New York Times op-ed Henry Louis Gates contends that "Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to reshape the debate over one of the most contentious issues of America's racial legacy: reparations, the idea that the descendants of American slaves should receive compensation for their ancestors' unpaid labor and bondage."

Stanley Crouch argues that Gates has struck a "blow to the 'victim's studies' hustle."

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