From slavery to convict leasing to prison labor, corporations have profited from Black labor for centuries. In her article in The [F]law, Kiese Hansen describes how and why corporations should pay for reparations. And how making them do so would be nearly impossible.
Related Systemic Justice Project Resources
From The [F]law:
- Amelia Keyes, Seeking Environmental Justice in the U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Croix’s Battle with an Oil Refinery that Refuses to Die
- Adriel Williams, The Costs of Carceral Communications: How a Prison Telecommunications Company Exploits Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones
- E. Tendayi Achiume, Dehumanized for Profit
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Austin Nielsen-Reagan, The Profitability of Inhumanity
From The Systemic Justice Journal:
- Tala Doumani, From the Public Charter to Private Power: Corporations, Slavery, and the Cotton Industry in the 19th Century
- Mohammed Jagana, Redlining and Disinvestment: A Case Study on Racial Segregation and Gentrification Throughout Seattle’s Central District
- James Ramsey, Black and Native Oppression as Corporate Frame
- Chloe Warnberg, Private Contracts in “Public” Prisons: How Corporate Power Allows for The Exploitation of Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones
- Allison Beeman, Child Labor in the Global Cocoa Supply Chain: What Nestlé Tells Us About Corporate Harm