A crucial part in the discussion on reparations today should center on reshaping the labor relationship between employers and employees. Disruption of Labor RelationsTo many, the question is not so much whether or not reparations are in order, but what kinds of reparations might be appropriate. Most of the conversation to date has focused on reparations in terms of payouts of some form. Growing Racial Wage GapLabor relations can be considered “distorted” when one party profits disproportionally at the expense of another. Reparations that fail to pay attention to improving labor relations may not achieve economic equality.