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Perspective

May 18, 2010

Coming to Terms With Slavery Is Not a Game

Ariela Gross of the University of Southern California discusses the question of reparations for slavery.

By Ariela J. Gross

The question of reparations for slavery has garnered much attention recently since prominent Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. declared that it is time to "end the slavery blame game." (www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/opinion/23gates.html?scp=1&sq=Henry%...