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When immigrant success complicates solidarity with other marginalized groups

My family fled political persecution and built a successful business here, and now my daughter is asking why we do not support reparations for slavery when we know what it means to lose everything.

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Different experiences of injustice create complex dynamics around shared struggle and mutual responsibility.

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“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical case?”

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