The absence of reparatory justice in social work neglects the profession’s commitment to promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of vulnerable and historically oppressed peoples.
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Advancing Reparatory Justice in Social Work: A Call to Action
Framework of Harms for Reparation
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Perpetuated Historical Atrocities
Capture and Human Trafficking and Trade, Enslavement, Genocide, Racial Terrorism, Apartheid, Climate Change
02
Efforts to Destroy Culture and Self-Determination
Principles, Language, Rituals, Communal Bonds, Concept of God, Destruction/Pathologizing Communities
03
Discrimination in Education and Provision of Inferior Education
Separate and Unequal Education System
04
Stolen Capital and Economic Loss
Political Disfranchisement, Separate and Unequal Housing, Racialized Wealth Gap
05
Medical Experimentation, Discrimination in Health, and Provision of Inferior Health Care
Forced Sterilization and Racialized Health Gap
06
Biased Judicial and Legal System and Discrimination in Criminal Punishment System
Convict Leasing, Racial Profiling, Mass Incarceration, Political Prisoners
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Use this sample letter to urge your legislators to support H.R.40/S.40.
The issue here is not whether or not we can, or will, win reparations.
The issue rather is whether we will fight for reparations, because we have decided for ourselves that they are our due.
Randall Robinson, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks
Frequently Asked Questions
What are reparations?
Reparations are moral and material atonement for human rights violations and crimes committed against people and include non-monetary and monetary redress. Learn more here.
Reparation is an internationally recognized process to pursue acknowledgment, apology, repair, and reconciliation for historic wrongdoings and crimes against humanity committed by governments, corporations, and individuals.
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