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When racial identity and economic experience don't align

I was adopted by a white family and I don't know if I deserve reparations because I didn't experience the poverty my birth family did.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Complex personal histories challenge simple categories used to determine eligibility for redress.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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