(American Race Relations):
The idea of countering the lingering effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws on black Americans (redlining, school-to-prison pipeline, housing and employment discrimination, etc.) with money, Welfare, and/or Affirmative Action.
Popularized by Ta-Nehisi Coates in “We Were Eight Years in Power” (2017)
The idea of countering the lingering effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws on black Americans (redlining, school-to-prison pipeline, housing and employment discrimination, etc.) with money, Welfare, and/or Affirmative Action.
Popularized by Ta-Nehisi Coates in “We Were Eight Years in Power” (2017)
Bernie Sanders, despite supporting democratic socialism, did not support the idea of reparations in his 2016 campaign.
by True_Lust July 22, 2019
Get the Reparations mug.What America owes Black American families for using them to build this country as unpaid labor while being beaten, raped and killed. Similar to the reparations given to Jews and the Japanese after WWII.
It’s pretty jacked up that as soon as freed slaves worked all that land so they could grow crops, President Johnson took their reparations back.
by Authello November 29, 2021
Get the Reparations mug.A movement that seeks to pay the decendents of ameraica slaves money to help make up for the fact that there ancesters were slaves. It is thought that the us is at falt for it because it condoned it. They money wouldn't all be payed out in cash. There would be special college grants for african american students,grants for african americans who want to start businesses ect.
by Deep blue 2012 April 23, 2010
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If you are neither a white l.e.m nor a blm'er yet still think reparations are your thing, then be proud that even in your sober state you're worse than a drunk elephant 🐘. You need a shrink asap.
by Sexydimma December 29, 2021
Get the Reparations mug.When someone forces another to be in a friendship or partnership. Similar to the rape, the one being forced DOES NOT enjoy it at all.
Michael: Hey, we're gonna be friends now,k? Mk. We're gonna do everything together now. I'm so happy BFF!
Victim: :(
Brandon: Looks like Michael is in ANOTHER rapelationship.
Elian: I know. I feel bad for THAT guy.
Victim: :(
Brandon: Looks like Michael is in ANOTHER rapelationship.
Elian: I know. I feel bad for THAT guy.
by Ean650 May 21, 2013
Get the Rapelationship mug.A financial package, like a golden parachute, added to BIPOC employment contracts that include diversity titles or JEDI responsibility. The severance package accounts for the emotional labor and emotional tax accrued during the job and protects against the statistically likely premature dismissal due to organizational flightiness, shifting of priorities, or gaslighting of the candidate.
I negotiated reparations severance into my employment contract because it was a Chief Diversity Officer role, and they like to fire us after they get their Linkedin photo-op.
by tiffany jana September 17, 2021
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