Tournament: National Symposium for Debate | Round: 9 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA
The United States Federal Government will pass a Reparations Superfund. Berry14 clarifies:
Beyond reparations to individuals, there should be a “Reparations Superfund” as historian V.P. Franklin suggests. Monies could come from institutions and corporations that profited from slave labor; additional funds could come from banks and insurance companies that had been guilty of racial discriminatory practices, such as redlining and predatory financial lending. The fund, administered by a federal agency, would ideally have an independent oversight board composed of African-American representatives whose responsibility would be to identify promising programs and projects. Community groups and other nonprofit organizations serving slave-descendant African-Americans could apply for funds to address housing, health, education, employment, entrepreneurship and other needs as their members determine.
Mary Frances Berry (former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, is the Geraldine R. Segal professor of American social thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania). “We Need A ‘Reparations Superfund’.” NY Times. June 9th, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/06/08/are-reparations-due-to-african-americans/we-need-a-reparations-superfund