{"id":2562,"date":"2025-02-25T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2025-02-21T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:27:35","slug":"reparations-are-doable-just-look-at-other-government-subsidies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/reparations-are-doable-just-look-at-other-government-subsidies\/","title":{"rendered":"Reparations are Doable &#8211; Just Look at Other Government Subsidies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/rep-john-conyers-still-pushing-reparations-divided-america-n723151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commission to study reparations<\/a>\u00a0for harms cause by enslaving nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years, but a study of federal compensation to 70 other groups proves that paying reparations for slavery can be done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paying reparations for slavery is possible \u2013 based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/paying-reparations-for-slavery-is-possible-based-on-a-study-of-federal-compensation-to-farmers-fishermen-coal-miners-radiation-victims-and-70-other-groups-232675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/paying-reparations-for-slavery-is-possible-based-on-a-study-of-federal-compensation-to-farmers-fishermen-coal-miners-radiation-victims-and-70-other-groups-232675<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script src=https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js data-type=\"book-button\" data-affiliate-id=\"102171\" data-sku=\"9780520383814\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation for a commission to study reparations\u00a0for harms cause by enslaving nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years, but a study of federal compensation to 70 other groups proves that paying reparations for slavery can be done. Paying reparations for slavery is possible \u2013 based on a study of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/reparations-are-doable-just-look-at-other-government-subsidies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Reparations are Doable &#8211; Just Look at Other Government Subsidies&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}