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When Sorry Isn't Enough: The Controversy Over Apologies and Reparations for Human Injustice (Critical America (New York University Paperback))

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I had to do a research paper on reparations for black Americans, and I must say that of all the sources I consulted Brooks' WHEN SORRY ISN'T ENOUGH was the very best!
The book itself is actually a collection of writings from authors from all throughout the political spectrum on the topic of reparations. The pieces Brooks has selected do an exemplary job of highlighting the critical issues. The result is a very balanced, in depth analysis.

In my opinion, this is the best book published on the subject that I have encountered. It would be an excellent text for a course on the subject.

In sum, it's an excellent compilation, and the perfect book for anyone interested in issues of social consciousness and justice. Excellent work, Mr. Brooks!

This book is very in-depth in examining the essential issues of the reparation movement. It examines the issues found in differing cultures (German, Japan, America, South Africa) and presents the arguements from the viewpoint of victim, perpetrator and third person. The advantage of buying this book over another is that it gives a wonderful overview of all sides with an extensive bibliography after each chapeter. This is a must have for anyone who is interested in learning or researching more about the movement towards reparations.

A compilation of essays and statistics, paired with real testimonies chronicling all of our modern day war atrocities. WWII, Comfort Women, Jim Crow, etc. Check it out, I have really enjoyed reading it while writing my thesis on Korean Comfort Women and the Japanese government's refusal to pay reparations or admit any involvement in the recruitment and rape of hundreds of thousands of women during their colonization/expansion period through the establishment of comfort stations. An amazing resource! And for those who got on their soap boxes to preach about racism, that is hardly the message of the book. Read it before you review! It is not only about Jim Crow issues, some of the people in the book are STILL alive and able to receive reparations for the nightmares they were forced to live.

by brooks, super-racist. it never ceases to amaze me that when a black racist writes or speaks on his/her crazed views there is always some hippie (see guilty white suburban dwellers) publisher/station willing to give that person an outlet for their hate diatribe. skip this, try auto of malcolm x or dr. king instead. and for all you haters out there, i'm also black.

ask yourself, who elected these clowns as the black 'leadership'"
al sharpton: racist, does it for the attention
jesse jackson: 'reverend' who paid millions to hush up his secret lover, loves to yell 'racist' at anyone (companies, etc.) so that they will pay him money to go away
farrakhan: super hate-monger, rivals bin-laden, insane

real black role models in a perfect world:
condoleeza rice: beautiful intelligent black woman who also happens to run this country
colin powell: honored military veteran (a real hero), a real man, should have run for president (he would have won), also runs this country

all slaves please stand up. oh wait, there are no american slaves alive today. who wants to get paid then? their descendents? how about descendents of union civil war soldiers who died to free the slaves get paid first? cockamamie ideas like this were invented in the minds of lawyers, to pad their own pockets and to give free pr to their firms in the press. much like the johnnie cochran laugher about the hiring of black head coaches in the nfl. if you are thinking about buying this book, you are either a lawyer doing research or someone who might have a screw loose.

No I'm not sorry for Slavery, Jim Crow, Racism or any thing that has happened to so called people of color. The author presents a weak case ignoring the fact that the world has always been a place where human beings have mistreated human beings. In fact, if you look at history, people of color have always enslaved other people, and I am willing to bet that many Africans and Arabs too would welcome the days of the open slave market. In the early 14th and 15th centuries white virgin girls and boys were very popular in the harems of Slavers of Color.
Does the author have any idea where reparations would lead? Reparations will give those who claim victimhood a blank check from now till eternity: Just like Hitler's Eternal Jew, minorities will have the Eternal White Man-Guilty as charged.