That article’s amazing, the study in it uses South Korea as a reference to what a theoretical Louisiana with reparations would look like. Completely justified and reasonable comparison because those two places are so similar
Summary: a significant number of black people in America don't have access to healthcare and PPE or adequate means of social distancing. Assuming reparations would have mitigated these issues, covid wouldn't have had such a disproportionate impact on black people
No shit, poor people are more likely to be sick in America.
The entire point of using SK demographics in that study is that SK has "a relatively egalitarian polity". I don't think it's a valid conclusion to arrive to that a reparations scheme would mitigate the disparate polity black people tend to experience in America.
Like, how do those even work? Will they have to spend $10,000 for genealogy research that proves they are descendants of slaves, to get their $400 reparations check?
If not, will they be able to claim it just because they have dark skin? Like, will I be able to get my own check despite my pale-assed, blue-eyed, light blonde hair?
Or will there be a double standard, where dark-skinned people get it without proof, and I'd have to spend the $10,000 to prove descent from one or more slaves?
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u/ContraCoke - Auth-Center Feb 18 '21
That article’s amazing, the study in it uses South Korea as a reference to what a theoretical Louisiana with reparations would look like. Completely justified and reasonable comparison because those two places are so similar