reparations
Boston is one step closer to potentially providing reparations for its Black community. According to the Associated Press, the Boston City Council voted unanimously to establish a small commission that will study the generational trauma caused by U.S. slavery and its role in the current racial wealth gap. The task force will also explore possible compensation for the […]
California’s governor has signed a historic reparations bill amid nationwide outcries against racial injustice. “After watching last night’s debate, this signing can’t come too soon,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, as he signed Assembly Bill 3121 into law. The legislation makes California the first state to officially consider reparations for slavery; however, as Deadline points out, […]
Americans broke into stores and took whatever they could in response to George Floyd’s gruesome murder and rampant police brutality. Many saw it as looting. Some saw it as protesting. Others viewed it as disrupters co-opting the peaceful demonstrations. But Ariel Atkins, a Black Lives Matter organizer in Chicago, saw it as something more justifiable: reparations. […]
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