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33 U. Mem. L. Rev. 353 (2002-2003)
Affirmative Action as a Form of Reparations

handle is hein.journals/umem33 and id is 363 raw text is: Affirmative Action as a Form of Reparations* ALBERT MOSLEY** I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 353 II. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND ITS ROLE AS COMPENSATION FOR PAST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ........... 355 TH . C ONCLUSION ........................................................................ 363 I. INTRODUCTION Since the 1960s, the federal government has taken the lead in guaranteeing an end to racial and sexual discrimination. Executive orders,' legislative statutes,2 and judicial rulings3 mandate that affirmative action be taken to end racial discrimination and the * A version of this article was given at the University of Memphis School of Law in March 2002 during a conference entitled Reparations for the Children of Slaves: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? ** Albert G. Mosley is a Professor of Philosophy at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and he studied the history and philosophy of science at Oxford University. He edited African Philosophy: Selected Readings (Prentice-Hall), and he co-authored Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Unfair Preference with Nicholas Capaldi (Rowman & Littlefield) and An Introduction to Logic with Eulalio Baltazar (Ginn Press). Dr. Mosley has also extensively published articles on African philosophy, African-American philosophy, philosophy of racism, affirmative action, philosophy of science and technology, philosophy of sports, and philosophy of music. He is currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal Philosophia Africana and on the Advisory Board of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. He is currently working on papers regarding the ethics of reparations and the controversy regarding the causal relationship between HIV and AIDS. 1. See Exec. Order No. 11246, 30 Fed. Reg. 12,319 (Sept. 24, 1965) (establishing the Office of Federal Contract Compliance); Exec. Order No. 10952, 26 Fed. Reg. 6,577 (July 20, 1961) (taking affirmative action to insure that persons are hired without regard to race, color, or creed); Exec. Order No.

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