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Overcoming the Legacy of Slavery
The vast inequalities in the social, economic, and health situations between blacks and other groups is a direct result of slavery and the ensuing state sponsored racial discrimination. Because of the passage of several generations since the abolition of slavery, direct compensation as was the case with Japanese-Americans interned during World War II is impossible. What we should do, however, is to establish targets for equality in social, economic, and health measures and implement policies to achieve it. These policies would include expanded affirmative action, targeting neighborhoods with high black populations for urban homesteading, federal assistance to public schools with concentrations of black students, loan guarantees for small business, etc.
