Re: Re: Re: Re: reparations

[Michael Hoover <hoov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Child mortality is a case in point.  For example, even in the prosperous
> United States, child mortality is extraordinarily high in places, such as
> Harlem -- higher than in Bangladesh.  It is very low in prosperous areas.
> Michael Perelman

Immense disparity of wealth has devastating consequences for poor
everywhere, including children suffering unconscionable mortality rate.

Some years ago Johan Galtung was part of study that calculated loss
of potential lifespan from persistent deprivation - insufficient
food, shelter, health care - associated with social inequality.
Norwegian political scientist Tord Hoivik termed such loss 'structural
violence' because it is result of 'normal' functioning of current
world system.  Galtung, Hoivik, Gernot Kohler, Norman Alcock concluded
that about 20 million people were victims of structural violence.
Michael Hoover