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    bankrupt after World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, which meant that she had to pay reparations of £6, 600 million. In 1923, the new leader, Stresemann made important economic changes that were key to

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    Stressman was in the recovery of his country. Stresemann was the leader of the German peoples’ party, he was supported by the social democrats when he became chancellor in 1923. Stresemann Wanted to help his country by finding a way to make paying for reparations less heavy on the shoulders of his country. To do so he undertook negotiations with an American banker named Charles Dawes. The plan of Dawes was to

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    Willie Lynch Syndrome: Its effect on the African American community, past and present. Reasonably account of the treatment of a race of people or hoax? Is this a reason for reparations? Ricky Mitchell COM/156 August 5, 2012 Michael Parris Abstract The Willie Lynch Letter is a document that allegedly is a speech given by a white slave owner from the West Indies, on the bank of the James River in Virginia, 1712. It has been said that it was instructions to the current day slave owners on

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    What’s it like to be Black in America? Well firstly you’d have to understand that being Black doesn’t only describe a skin tone. To be Black “describes a behavior or a perspective of a group of people” (Anderson, 2001), and this perspective is the result of this group’s past and continuing struggles. But I don’t believe I can say I have the answer for that, because Blacks are in almost every category of class as other ethnic groups, and I’ve never been the most privileged or the lowliest of the group

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    markets. Banks, industries, and nations prospered by the use of underpaid, sometimes forced African labor. Meanwhile, civilizations fell apart and education came to a stand-still. This book left me further convinced in the concept of reparations, not just for slavery, but for the destruction of an entire continent and all the people that came from there in the last 500

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    even begins. Before the title sequence the audience is reminded of a strategy for healing which ultimately failed. “A 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production” flashes across the screen. The idea of “40 acres” was created as a weak attempt to give reparations to former slaves after the civil war. The United States government “tried” to do some damage control, but

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    even begins. Before the title sequence the audience is reminded of a strategy for healing which ultimately failed. “A 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production” flashes across the screen. The idea of “40 acres” was created as a weak attempt to give reparations to former slaves after the civil war. The United States government “tried” to do some damage control, but

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    “40 acres” was created as a weak attempt to give reparations to former slaves after the civil war. The United States government “tried” to do some damage control, but there could be no absolution for the sins of slavery without repentance. Repentance is to have sincere regret over one’s actions and then to agree not to repeat them. The government in 1861 made no moves to show regret or to stop the perpetuation of racism that had begun with slavery. The lawmakers were not agitated enough to seek resolution;

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    An analysis of gender, class and westernization all combine together into multi layered complications that Africans faced in the colonial and postcolonial period. These challenges come from examples such as the slave trade and the break from colonial power to the political complications that limit the development in the rest of the country. Westernization dismantled a lot of social and political authority within Africa and created a new standard of class that favors those who are affiliated with

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    brave me fought for the cause of aborting slavery. Now, citizens of America want even more to pay back the slaves? The citizens want reparations for African Americans. Slavery was a horrifying experience. By giving reparations, or making amends of what America has done wrong, will help ease the pain of slavery. They are not needed considering the efforts made to take responsibility of slavery. Because it is not clear who is eligible and responsible for reparations, the African American population already

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