Reparations: Pros and Cons Discussion

Thursday, May 29, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Reparations, providing money or other assistance to redress a wrong, is controversial and has expansive possibilities. Should there be reparations for slavery and Jim Crow? For Native American lands and other misappropriations? There is precedent for reparations. Japanese Americans were paid reparations for their internment during WWII and courts regularly award money damages and other relief from others, including the government, for injuries and losses. To what extent should reparations involve social opportunities (e.g., free education, preference in hiring, etc.) rather than money and/or land? Debating Public Policy Series video will be presented and followed by a discussion.