Time and events will bring the reality to the rest of us. The key is information and choice. Those who are joining the fight will emphasize, we trust, the importance of the 27-odd chapters across the country continuing their consultations with Black organizations everywhere to decide the forms of reparations and establish elected local organs to deal with the collective aspects of the payment, economic development, education, and release of people from jail based on reviews by elected community parole boards. Many New African people, unfortunately, must have our souls repaired and appreciate our history. We have always achieved things that were supposed to be impossible.
Movements reach critical points.
In the next several years, reparations will be won and we will begin to use the proceeds in the best manner to repair ourselves as a people and once more provide black genius to the world. Robert C. Smith is a professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. Check the fair use provisions of the copyright law in your country for details on what you can and can't do.