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The Constructive View of Reparations and Philosophical Frameworks of Global Justice, with Professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

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Political and intellectual figures have increasingly made more calls for reparations for large-scale atrocities such as slavery and colonialism as political demands for populations descended from historically harmed groups. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Atlantic article “The Case for Reparations” and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Ten-Point Reparations Plan are two relatively recent examples of this call. In his recently published book Reconsidering Reparations, Professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò stresses a fundamentally global, material, and progressive approach to reparations that he refers to as the “constructive view of reparations.” In an interview with Professor Táíwò, GJIA explores the principles of the constructive view and how its implications could guide reparations as a potential political program. GJIA: To start off the conversation, what made you decide to pursue the project for Reconsidering Reparations? OT: I had been dealing with the issue of racial justice in starkly different kinds

Dialogues The Constructive View of Reparations and Philosophical Frameworks of Global Justice, with Professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò December 7, 2022 Political and intellectual figures have increasingly made more calls for reparations for large-scale atrocities such as slavery and colonialism as political demands for populations descended from historically harmed groups. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Atlantic article “The Case for Reparations” and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Ten-Point Reparations Plan are two relatively recent examples of this call. In his recently published book Reco

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