Paying minorities to leave

Bibliographic Data

ID7354399
AuthorsMollie Gerver (0000-0002-7640-1340, University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume17
Issue1
Pages3-22
Publication date2017-07-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics Philosophy & Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-594X • E-ISSN: 1741-3060
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1470594x17712684
OpenAlexW2736057912
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited29

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

Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Harm · Labour economics · Landlord · Payment · Political science · White (mutation · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Finance

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