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Paying Minorities to Leave

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Mollie Gerver

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Abstract

In April 1962, white segregationists paid money to African Americans agreeing to leave New Orleans. In 2010, the British National Party proposed paying non-white migrants money to leave the UK. Five years later, a landlord in New York paid African American tenants to vacate their apartments. This article considers when, if ever, it is morally permissible to pay minorities to leave. I argue that paying minorities to leave is demeaning towards recipients and so wrong. Although the payments are wrong, it is not clear if they are impermissible, given the benefits for the recipients. I argue that payments are impermissible if at least one of two conditions are met: The payments demean or harm other members of society, or the payments are provided to recipients who have failed to consent to the payments.


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Author(s): Gerver M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Politics, Philosophy & Economics

Year: 2018

Volume: 17

Issue: 1

Pages: 3-22

Print publication date: 01/02/2018

Online publication date: 13/07/2017

Acceptance date: 02/04/2016

Date deposited: 10/10/2017

ISSN (print): 1470-594X

ISSN (electronic): 1741-3060

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X17712684

DOI: 10.1177/1470594X17712684


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