From Here to Equality

"From Here to Equality" explores the persistence of racism and discrimination in the form of housing discrimination, unequal education, police brutality, mass incarceration, employment discrimination, and massive wealth and opportunity gaps. The authors, William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen, make an innovative and comprehensive case for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of slavery. Using monetary values to measure historical wrongs, they offer a detailed roadmap for an effective reparations program that includes substantial payment to each documented U.S. black descendant of slavery. Their assessment of three eras of injustice, slavery, Jim Crow, and modern-day discrimination, creates a powerful case for black reparations.