Panel Suggests Brown Univ. Atone for Ties to Slavery

I just stumbled on this article on the NY Times website and wanted to hear your views. It is ironic because just a few days ago I had a great conversation with friends regarding the reparations debate, one of whom suggested our generation is uniquely poised to address the issue of reparations. I think this article illustrates that there are possibilities for developing creative, and practical remedies on the questions of who should pay, and to whom should the benefits go?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/education/19brown.html?em&ex=1161489600&en=0fcd84a51ea7cc7d&ei=5087%0A

Just the other day I also heard about a case in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for reparations. The information below was forwarded to me:

The Seventh Circuit is currently hearing oral argument in regards to a reparations case filed by a pro se plaintiff against 9 major corporations including Bank of America, JP Morgan, Union Pacific, etc. The nature of the complaint as argued by Plaintiff is that the nine corporations benefitted from the African Slave trade and as result have become mult-million dollar corporations while African Americans continue to be impoverished. If the plaintiff succeeds, a trust would be set up for the descendants of African Slaves.

I was also sent the PDF for oral arguments but it is quite large - email me privately if you'd like for me to forward it to you.

Your thoughts?