![]() ![]() Robinson holds a bachelor's degree from Virginia Union University and a J.D. government-embraced racial discrimination – an end that arrived, it would seem, only just yesterday." "He also addresses the issue of reparations in a very thoughtful manner, providing the raw material for an informed discussion of a complex and controversial issue."Īn excerpt from Robinson's book highlights the basic premise of his argument: "At long last, let America contemplate the scope of its enduring human-rights wrong against the whole of a people … As Germany and other interests that profited owed reparations to Jews following the holocaust of Nazi persecution, America and other interests that profited owe reparations to blacks following the holocaust of African slavery which has carried forward from slavery's inception for 350-odd years to the end of U.S. "I think he's raised some very important issues about the role of African-Americans in the development of this nation," said Robert Harris, Cornell vice provost for diversity and faculty development and associate professor of Africana studies. Randall's address, titled "Reparations: The Debt America Owe s ," is based on his best-selling book The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks (Dutton, 1999). ![]() in the David Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall on the Cornell University campus. Randall Robinson, African-American author and internationally respected advocate for human rights and democracy, will deliver a public talk Friday, Feb. ![]()
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