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My Turn: Meaningful reparations
Published: 6/2/2021 2:34:20 PM
Reparations do not change the past. The Oxford dictionary defines reparation as the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. Meriam-Webster adds that it offers the potential for giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury.
Reparations have meaning in the present and for the future.
The United States government offered reparation in the form of money to Native American tribes for seized land (notably doled out in parts by the government rather than entrusted in lump sums to tribes), in the form of land to Alaskan Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts, and first compensation for lost property of Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps in 1948 and finally $20,000 to each survivor in 1988 along with an apology.
Reparations do not change the past. The Oxford dictionary defines reparation as the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. Meriam-Webster adds that it offers the potential for.