Reparations would shake up American capitalism – and that’s a good thing
By Aaron White, Open Democracy
Paying compensation to the descendants of slaves would not just right a historic wrong, it would transform the US economy for the better
Tag: economic racism
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 31 Michelle Singletary
By Vicki Robin, Michelle Singletary, Resilience.org
Michelle Singletary is an author and award-winning personal finance columnist. She writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column “The Color of Money”, which appears in The Washington Post. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Revisiting the Commons
By Derrick Gentry, The Owl Light News
As more and more of us are turned on to the idea of small-scale self-reliance and seek to build resilient local communities, one of the most serious challenges we face is basic access to affordable land.
Racism in finance has sparked a grassroots response. Meet the Boston Ujima Project.
By Tina Jenkins Bell, Shareable
Economic racism is a real issue that denies people the opportunity to support themselves and their families, start businesses, or build financial legacies — such as homeownership — that pass from one generation to the next.
Structural violence and the automobile
By Owen Watson, Uneven Earth
The car remains a weapon of choice against anti-racist protestors as the uprisings against systematic racism ignited by the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor stretch into their fourth month.
Truth and Redistribution
By Naomi Zewde, Darrick Hamilton, YES! magazine
Economic justice cannot take root or flourish when the wealth, power, resources, news media, book publishers, educational curricula, technological surveillance, prisons, business capital, and all of our existing institutions are owned or controlled by a handful of plutocrats.
The Hundred Years’ War for Safe Streets
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
A transportation revolution must clearly be a big component of a Green New Deal. For anyone interested in exploring the many aspects of mobility justice, Right of Way is a must-read.
Repaying the Debt owed Black People Requires a Democratic and Reparative Economy
By Ron Daniels, Ronald Galvin, Open Democracy
The more important conversation is not how much must be paid, but rather how much must change. To be frank, all of it ultimately has to change. In other words, the entire system that continues to exert violence against and extract labor and blood from Black lives and communities must go.
Diversity and Farming in Bristol
By Bristol Food Producers Staff, Bristol Food Producers
In the UK, farming is the least diverse profession, with 98.6% of farm managers and holders being white British. The events of the last few months have brought these conversations to the forefront and we have realised we need to act now if this is going to change.
Africa Says, “I Can’t Breathe”: An African Civil Society Perspective on Systemic Racism
By Million Belay, Common Dreams
A cohort of actors including philanthrocapitalists, aid agencies, governments, academic institutions, and embassies are all working to make this narrative a reality. They talk about transforming African agriculture but what they are doing is creating a market for themselves cleverly couched in a nice sounding language.
Land Loss has Plagued Black America since Emancipation – Is it Time to Look Again at ‘Black Commons’ and Collective Ownership?
By Julian Agyeman, Kofi Boone, The Conversation
Underlying the recent unrest sweeping U.S. cities over police brutality is a fundamental inequity in wealth, land and power that has circumscribed black lives since the end of slavery in the U.S.
We Don’t Farm Because it’s Trendy: Farming is not New to Black People
By Ashley Gripper, Environmental Health News
For more than 150 years, from the rural South to northern cities, Black people have used farming to build self-determined communities and resist oppressive structures that tear them down.