{"product_id":"unjust-restitution-by-michael-kingsley-brown-9780520410114","title":"Unjust Restitution","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe question of economic justice for Black Americans continues to be the subject of contentious political debate. Here, Michael K. Brown examines the meaning of racial equality during three transformative periods when economic opportunity appeared to be a real possibility: Reconstruction, the New Deal, and the Great Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolitical leaders who believed slavery and Jim Crow degraded Black people enacted policies to rehabilitate formerly subjugated individuals. Black Americans, on the other hand, repudiated the idea that they were damaged people in need of repair. Repeatedly, Black people's vision of economic justice was based on antiprivilege egalitarianism, the idea that a just restitution for their oppression required abolishing the political and legal privileges whites had acquired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack opposition reveals what was at stake at each historical moment and what might constitute economic justice in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnjust Restitution\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael Kingsley Brown offers a compelling exploration of these crucial historical eras and their relevance today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471873392876,"sku":"9780520410114","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d503c3989b4c3255eb4ca66dd5043154.jpg?v=1775693084","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/unjust-restitution-by-michael-kingsley-brown-9780520410114","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}