{"id":2275067,"date":"2024-06-21T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-study-suggests-federal-government-is-in-perfect-position-to-pay-reparations\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:12:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:12:43","slug":"harvard-study-suggests-federal-government-is-in-perfect-position-to-pay-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-study-suggests-federal-government-is-in-perfect-position-to-pay-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard study indicates that the federal government is well-positioned to pay reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvard-study-suggests-federal-government-is-in-perfect-position-to-pay-reparations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2275067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The topic \u2064of reparations for descendants of slaves has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-oreilly-details-how-he-was-in-on-crucial-moment-of-trumps-presidency-ive-never-said-this-before\/\" title=\"Bill O'Reilly Details How He Was 'In On' Crucial Moment of Trump's Presidency: 'I've Never Said This Before'\">sparked considerable debate<\/a>,\u2064 with two Harvard \u200bUniversity professors, Linda J. \u200cBilmes and Cornell William Brooks, advocating for federal reparations. In their\u2062 research published\u200d in The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the\u200b Social Sciences,\u200d they argue that \u2063there \u200bis a precedent in the U.S. for compensating various groups who&#8217;ve suffered through \u2064no fault of their own, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-and-community-members-feed-those-in-need-after-ala-tornado\/\" title=\"Restaurants and community members feed those in need after Ala. tornado\">coal miners<\/a>, victims of\u200d terrorism, military veterans, and others. The professors\u2063 highlight that mechanisms for these compensations, such as fees, trust funds, and taxes, could similarly\u200b fund reparations for the descendants \u2062of slaves. They assert that such reparations are feasible and necessary, given the vast range of other compensation programs already in \u2062place by the federal government.\u2064 This wide distribution of benefits underscores the \u200cunique exclusion of black citizens from reparations, they argue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/reparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Reparations\">Reparations<\/a> to descendants of slaves has been a hotly discussed topic in recent years, and two <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvard-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Harvard University<\/a> professors argue federal reparations would be in line with how the government handles matters.<\/p>\n<p>The study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsfjournal.org\/content\/10\/2\/30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"published\">published<\/a> in <em>The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences<\/em>, titled \u201cNormalizing Reparations: U.S. Precedent, Norms, and Models for Compensating Harms and Implications for Reparations to Black Americans,\u201d claims that there is already historic precedent for paying the descendants of black <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">slaves<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s authors, Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks, point to various programs that the federal government has implemented to help citizens who have \u201cexperienced physical harms or economic loss through no fault of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCategories of those harmed who have been compensated include coal miners; farmers whose crops have failed; workers whose companies have gone bankrupt; victims of terrorism and natural disasters; people exposed to nuclear radiation; military veterans; individuals wrongfully convicted in the legal system; people denied earnings on tribal lands; fishermen facing depleted fish stocks; individuals harmed by pesticides, toxins, vaccines, or medical devices; workers and businesses affected by U.S. trade agreements; depositors in banks; and numerous other categories,\u201d according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>The authors explain that these prior efforts paved the way for slavery reparations to be enacted, and they also discuss how funding is less of a problem than opponents claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA key finding of our research is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-deficiency-of-leadership-manchin-calls-out-biden-for-not-negotiating-with-republicans-on-debt-limit\/\" title=\"Manchin criticizes Biden for refusing to negotiate with Republicans over the balance limit in\" A Deficiency Of Leadership.\"\">federal government draws<\/a> on designated fees, trust funds, excise taxes, subsidized insurance premiums, and customized financial arrangements to help pay for the wide system of reparatory compensation,\u201d the pair said, pointing to the federal government\u2019s 2023 actions to protect those affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existence of these programs shows not only the creativity of the federal government in devising methods of compensation, but also the government\u2019s ability to structure and administer programs, to define eligibility standards, and to provide oversight on the distribution of benefits,\u201d according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout their study, the two professors claim the inaction of slavery reparations could be solved through already established measures and argue that black citizens are one of the few groups who have not received compensation from the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numerosity and diversity of reparatory compensation programs makes clear that reparations for nonracial harms is regular and routine,\u201d they claim. \u201cJuxtaposing the audit of reparatory compensation programs with the taxonomy of reparation-less racial harms makes clear that America provides reparations to nearly everyone but Black Americans, even for comparably severe harms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the study does show programs where people were directly harmed by government action or inaction on matters, one key argument by people opposing slavery reparations has to do with the time elapsed since slavery was outlawed.<\/p>\n<p>With the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865, slavery was outlawed in the country and no citizens could be subjected to involuntary servitude or slavery unless it was as punishment for crimes they were duly convicted of. No person from when slavery was lawful is still alive, so opponents of reparations have claimed that these payments would be made from people who did not own slaves to people who were not slaves.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite polls showing a majority of adults are against reparations for slave descendants, some states and cities have moved forward in recent years with studies and plans for forms of reparations.<\/p>\n<p>In California, a state commission recommended reparations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-clinton-adviser-is-helping-facebook-whistleblower-lobby-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Former Clinton Adviser Is Helping Facebook Whistleblower Lobby Lawmakers\">alleged harms<\/a> against black residents from slavery to other policies, while in Evanston, Illinois, reparations have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/762913\/illinois-city-distributes-more-than-1-million-in-reparations-payouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sent out\">sent out<\/a> to black residents for alleged prior harms by the government.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1684040\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1684040\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reparations for slave descendants have sparked intense debate. Two Harvard professors contend that federal reparations align with government practices, according to their study in The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, titled \u201cNormalizing Reparations: U.S. Precedent, Norms, and Models for Compensating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2275068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/slave-reparations-protest-san-francisco.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/slave-reparations-protest-san-francisco.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}