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Credit: Woodson Research Center, Rice University

The [F]law: The Master Still Owns the Keys to the Plantation

March 17, 2023

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. 

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Key Data

In Categories: Blog Corporate Power Economic Injustice Law Racial Capitalism Reparations Slavery The [F]law
In Tags: capitalism capture corporate power reparations
In Subject Areas: Economic Injustice Labor Racial Capitalism Reparations Slavery
In Content Types: Student Papers
In Intersections: Racial Justice Wealth / Income Justice

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