Reparations
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White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond says it's "doable" for the Biden administration to make first-term progress on racial equality, while Congress studies reparations for slavery.
"We have to start breaking down systemic racism and barriers that have held people of color back and especially African-Americans," Richmond said in an Axios interview aired Sunday on HBO.
Richmond’s remarks come after President Biden voiced support to the House’s attempt to create a commission on reparations.
The commission would recommend ways to educate Americans on slavery and suggest remedies, including financial payments from the government to compensate descendants of slaves.
Though Richmond thinks the commission will pass reparations-related legislation, he wants Biden to start acting now, citing an executive order the president released Jan. 26 that focuses on includes prison and housing reform.
"The president is committed to working with Congress to pass bold legislation that advances racial equity, including increasing funding for small businesses, investing in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority Serving Institutions," says a press release for the order.
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Trump said Mr. Biden may be the worst President ever in his first 30 days.
And I thought he was just funnin' and making political speech. Biden must have heard him and is trying to live up to Trump's statement.
That's the only explanation I have for some of the absolutely bone-head moves he has made...
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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I wonder how much of this topic came up when Biden met with Clyburn to secure his endorsement.
Reparations seems like one of those aspirational and fuzzy topics and I’m guessing certain things that pass that benefit this minority group will be tagged as “reparations”. I don’t think a grand bill like on the order of single payor will pass and if Biden were to take it up in earnest he would lose an entire year and a lot more like Obama did with single payer.
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Isn’t the government giving money to a preferred racial group primarily at the expense of two other racial groups the very definition of systemic racism?
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Evanston, IL:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1st-us-city-fund-reparations-black-residents-making/story?id=76118463
Evanston, Illinois, is like a lot of American cities. The city just north of Chicago appears picturesque, updated and grand on one side -- but not far away, one can see the signs of economic and racial segregation, despite the city's proud, diverse and liberal reputation.
What sets Evanston apart from other cities, however, is its groundbreaking plan to address the impact of that segregation and Black disenfranchisement: reparations.
The impetus for the city's reparations resolution, first passed in 2019 and spearheaded by 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue Simmons, is rooted partially in Rue Simmons' experience growing up Black in Evanston.
"Early in my childhood I was invited to have a play date," she recalled. "My white friends never had a play date at my home."
Visiting a white friend's neighborhood, she noticed, "the streets were wider. The trees were taller. The homes were bigger and brighter. As a young child, I recognized that difference."
Today, Evanston is the first city in the U.S. to fund reparations, committing $10 million over the next decade in an attempt to repay Black residents for the wrongs and accumulated losses incurred by generations of racism.
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@george-k said in Reparations:
Evanston, IL:
They make a very good case for the negative impact of decisions made in prior decades and centuries. I don't think that can be argued away. But holy hell, what a bad solution.
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@george-k said in Reparations:
Evanston, IL:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1st-us-city-fund-reparations-black-residents-making/story?id=76118463
Evanston, Illinois, is like a lot of American cities. The city just north of Chicago appears picturesque, updated and grand on one side -- but not far away, one can see the signs of economic and racial segregation, despite the city's proud, diverse and liberal reputation.
What sets Evanston apart from other cities, however, is its groundbreaking plan to address the impact of that segregation and Black disenfranchisement: reparations.
The impetus for the city's reparations resolution, first passed in 2019 and spearheaded by 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue Simmons, is rooted partially in Rue Simmons' experience growing up Black in Evanston.
"Early in my childhood I was invited to have a play date," she recalled. "My white friends never had a play date at my home."
Visiting a white friend's neighborhood, she noticed, "the streets were wider. The trees were taller. The homes were bigger and brighter. As a young child, I recognized that difference."
Today, Evanston is the first city in the U.S. to fund reparations, committing $10 million over the next decade in an attempt to repay Black residents for the wrongs and accumulated losses incurred by generations of racism.
Population of Evanston. 75,000
Black %. 16.2%
Total eligible 12,150Dollars over 10 years. 10,000,000
Total per person 823
Total per person per year. $82.00 -
@loki said in Reparations:
Population of Evanston. 75,000
Black %. 16.2%
Total eligible 12,150
Dollars over 10 years. 10,000,000
Total per person 823
Total per person per year. $82.00It's sales tax, isn't it?
