Ray Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University Winbush and Robinson attended a conference in Toronto during the early 2000s, around the time that Robinson published “The Debt.” Years later, Winbush published “Should America Pay?: Slavery and Raging Debate on Reparations.” He said Robinson’s work solidified support among people in the African Diaspora for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance that took place in South Africa in 2001.įor the first time, Randall made people take reparations seriously, even though politically it had always been on the lips of Black people in this country, Europe, South America, and even Australia. For Ray Winbush, a colleague of the late Robinson and member of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (NCOBRA), Robinson’s scholarship made people, race notwithstanding, look at reparations in a different light. In his book, Robinson demanded monetary reparations and the establishment of educational programs and economic opportunities that ensured an equal footing for all Americans.
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