The case for African American reparations, explained

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Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University
(THE CONVERSATION) For the first time, most major Democratic presidential contenders are talking about whether the U.S. government should consider paying reparations to the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved and suffered from large-scale racial discrimination.
At least three of these candidates, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, f