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Does the U.S. Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? - A Philosophical Investigation (Hardcover)
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Does the U.S. Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? - A Philosophical Investigation (Hardcover)
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Written from the perspective of a philosopher and African
immigrant, this book makes a foreceful moral argument for the need
for a Truth and Reconcilation Commission (TRC) in the U.S. to
address the long history of injustice to African-Americans. It
shows that a TRC-similar to those established in South Africa and
Chile-would rescue the ideals embodied in the U.S. Constitution
while expanding their promise. Rejecting more recent views of the
country's founding as an embodiment of incorrigible racial
oppression, Olufemi Taiwo sees in the U.S. Constitution, and the
original utopia that was at its foundation, the best available
means for achieving liberty and justice. But he simultaneously
shows how only a TRC can successfully open the path to moving the
U.S. past its long legacy of antiblack racism in particular and
racial oppression, generally, towards a more perfect union. Written
with an immigrant's love of his new homeland but a clear-eyed view
of its major shortcomings, the book rejects the idea of American
exceptionalism in prescribing a solution that has worked elsewhere.
Key Features A clear view of the wide chasm between the ideals
established at the U.S.'s founding and the subsequent society that
developed. Combines first-person experiences of the author with
close readings of modern political philosophy, W.E.B. Du Bois,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Derrick Bell, and others. Traces the link
between the denial of citizenship to Blacks, both historically and
today, and anti-Black violence. Shows how an obsession with the law
and legal reform will never adequately address the fundamental
problem of anti-Black oppression. Shows philosophically the
necessity of establishing a consensual view of the truth must
precede any effective reonciliation.
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