There are major obstacles in confronting the social movement for reparations for the slave trade. Such reparations are a moral imperative, but politically, successfully obtaining them will be hard.
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The turn towards authoritarianism, xenophobia and racism in Western democracies makes it unlikely that former Western slave-trading nations will agree to reparations in the near future.
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Reparations to African Canadians for enslavement and historical injustices need not be financial payments to every individual African Canadian. Instead funds for specific groups are a viable option.
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Associate Professor of Cultural and Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Doctoral Candidate, Department of Religion and Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor of Health Studies, Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Accounting, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Assistant Professor of Law and Society, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, South Asian Politics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer of Marketing in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Wilfrid Laurier University
