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Is it time to pay reparations?

The Black Lives Matter movement has renewed demands from activists in the US and around the world seeking compensation for the legacies of slavery and colonialism. But what would a reparative economic agenda practically entail and what models exist around the world?

Is it time to pay reparations?
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Author of 'Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership'
Esther Stanford-Xosei Jurisconsult, Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe (PARCOE)
Ronnie Galvin Managing Director for Community Investment, Greater Washington Community Foundation and Senior Fellow, The Democracy Collaborative
Chair, Aaron White North American economics editor, openDemocracy

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