My sibling and I inherited our grandmother's house in a historically redlined neighborhood and we disagree about whether to sell it to a Black family below market value as a form of reparations or keep it in the family and donate the difference in value elsewhere. We're really arguing about different theories of justice and what counts as meaningful action versus symbolic gesture.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that shared values about justice don't automatically translate into agreement about implementation and effectiveness.
“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical and economic case?”
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