“Are We Ourselves?”

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Title“Are We Ourselves?”
Year for Search2020
AuthorsMellon, Michelle(b. 1971)
Secondary TitleAugur Magazine
Volume / Edition3.2
Date PublishedFall 2020
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

The excerpt is a brief vignette in which the 2119 United States Reparation Act using a complex formula paid reparations to proven descendants of slaves but included a clause “requiring unwavering loyalty to the principles and administrative actions deemed necessary by the government” (186) that was later used to re-enslave African Americans. The full text then shifts to the history that led to this result and life under the new regime.

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An excerpt is available at https://www.augurmag.com/are-we-ourselves/ Rpt. in Dark Dispatch, no. 3 (Winter 2022) https://darkdispatch.com/news-features/onsite-issues/article-are-we-ourselves-by-michelle-mellon/. The excerpt was reprinted in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021. Ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Np: Caezik SF & Fantasy in partnership with O.D. Ekpeki Presents/Jembefola Press, 2023), 185-187.

URLhttps://darkdispatch.com/news-features/onsite-issues/article-are-we-ourselves-by-michelle-mellon/
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Author Note

African American female author (b. 1971).
Full Text

2020 Mellon, Michelle (b. 1971). “Are We Ourselves?” Augur Magazine 3.2 (Fall 2020). An excerpt is available at https://www.augurmag.com/are-we-ourselves/ Rpt. in Dark Dispatch, no. 3 (Winter 2022) https://darkdispatch.com/news-features/onsite-issues/article-are-we-ourselves-by-michelle-mellon/. The excerpt was reprinted in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021. Ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Np: Caezik SF & Fantasy in partnership with O.D. Ekpeki Presents/Jembefola Press, 2023), 185-187. PSt

The excerpt is a brief vignette in which the 2119 United States Reparation Act using a complex formula paid reparations to proven descendants of slaves but included a clause “requiring unwavering loyalty to the principles and administrative actions deemed necessary by the government” (186) that was later used to re-enslave African Americans. The full text then shifts to the history that led to this result and life under the new regime. African American female author.