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It's a matter of mis-education and a lack of understanding
in both the black and white communities that hurts the current slave reparations
movement.
That's the message of this new documentary which gives the history of the current
controversial movement and answers the most often voiced arguments against the
payment of reparations to African-Americans.
Objections to slave reparations are eloquently answered by some of the movements
most prominent proponents, including Prof. Manning Marable, Dr. Alvin Poussaint,
Rev. Herbert Daughtry, Richard E. Barber, and others.
|USA|2004|28 mins|documentary|English|John Eisler,
dir|
Discover the history and real issues behind today's controversial slave
reparations movement.
Why do African-Americans represent 13% of the population and own only 3% of
the assets?
How do you answer people who confuse welfare and affirmative action with reparations?
What about the argument that most Americans never owned slaves and therefore
should not pay repartions to the descendants of slaves?
Get the answers to these questions in this groundbreaking documentary which features
Prof. Manning Marable Dr. Alvin Poussaint Rev. Herbert Daughtry and other leaders
of the reparations movement.
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