A growing number of cities are approving reparations for Black residentsbut what are reparations, exactly?
Here’s everything you oughta know.
For instance, the California Assembly recently voted to establish a task force to study and advise on reparations.
Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are also said to be considering reparation programs.
Theyre also not a new concept.
Bill, which offered low-cost home loans to veterans.
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While programs like these were technically open to Black Americans, they were largely excluded due to discrimination.
It is simply not enough to remove statues.
What could reparations look like in practice?
There are two key models that indicate how reparations could play out across the U.S.
The first is financial investment in public programs that would help Black citizens build wealth over the long term.
This is the approach Evanston and Asheville have taken.
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Dr. Darity is creating one such reparations proposal with a team of experts.
We are a society based on wealth.
But this argument ignores the very real systemic obstacles and discrimination that have kept Black citizens oppressed for centuries.
Thats what we need to correct.
We usually insist that the perpetrators in some way attempt to make the situation right.
Its not best handled by saying, Just get over it.'
But, again, Dr. Darity believes that this line of reasoning misses the point.
I dont think of this as a matter of personal or individual guilt, he said.
I think of this as a matter of national responsibility and the culpable party is the federal government.
Either way, expect to hear a lot more about reparations in the months and years to come.
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