News

Scholars Asked to Calculate Slavery Profits

by Black Issues , September 28, 2000

Categories:

Scholars Asked to Calculate Slavery Profits

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

California lawmakers want scholars to calculate the profits that slave owners and businesses made from slavery.
A bill approved last month by the Assembly asks the University of California to assemble scholars to analyze the economic benefits of slavery. Some members of Congress have introduced bills calling for a formal apology for slavery. Activist groups such as the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America have called for reparations and an apology to descendants of those deprived of life, liberty, education and family ties. The bill, however, does not mention how the information would be used.
Assemblyman Steve Baldwin, R-El Cajon, says since California was not a slave state, it would be a better issue for the U.S. Congress to pursue. The bill was approved 59-8 and returned to the Senate for a vote on amendments.  



© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com

1
Comments posted here may be reprinted in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine, and may be edited for purposes of clarity and/or space.



Story Tools

Print Print
Text Size Smaller | Larger
Email
Share

Popular Topics

Concepts


FEATURED jobs
Assistant Director of Athletic Marketing
University of Northern Iowa

Develops plans for season ticket and group ticket sales; oversees the marketing plans for at least two sports as determined by the athletic marketing department; coordinates the Panther Kids Club program; designs promotional materials; and assists with press releases and game-day media coverage as needed.


Assistant Clinical Professor
Drexel University

This individual will work half-time in the Physician Assistant Program and half-time in a clinical practice associated with DrexelAcademic advising of students and membership on standing, ad hoc, search and special committee and task forces to university, college and program levels.


Business Manager (Budget & Fin Reporting Mgr)
University of Maryland, College Park

The Budget & Financial Reporting Manager is responsible for monitoring the budget activity for the several offices within the University Relations Division, including the Office of the Vice President, and will have oversight over expenditures made by these offices to ensure that expenditures...


Assistant Dean, Division of Teacher Education
Wayne State University

Responsible for the academic, administrative, budgetary and research leadership of the division; provide academic leadership in teacher preparation for the division, college and university.


Copyright 2012 © Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, a CMA publication.
Cox, Matthews, and Associates, Inc., 10520 Warwick Ave, Suite B-8, Fairfax, VA 22030