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The debate over reparations catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers heard impassioned testimony for and against the idea of providing compensation for America's ...
The debate over whether or not the United States should pay reparations for slavery to African-American citizens continues even after last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the matter.
A 2020 poll from The Washington Post showed that "63% of Americans don't think the U.S. should pay reparations to the descendants of slaves". [75] Notably, 82% of Black Americans support reparations, while 75% of White Americans do not.
Reparations are broadly understood as compensation given for an abuse or injury. [1] The colloquial meaning of reparations has changed substantively over the last century. In the early 1900s, reparations were interstate exchanges (see war reparations) that were punitive mechanisms determined by treaty and paid by the surrendering side of a conflict, such as the World War I reparations paid by ...
The report included seven recommendations for how the university should address this legacy. [19] Brown has since completed a number of these recommendations, including the establishment of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the funding of a $10 million permanent endowment for Providence Public Schools.
Common concerns include addressing persistent racial disparities in the labor market, education and health, along with the cost of the initiatives and questions about whether today's taxpayers ...
After a blockbuster 1,000 page report, California's reparations advocates will have to convert recommendations from its statewide task force into policies — and convincing voters to pay for it.