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Many groups under the Black Lives Matter organization have laid out a list of demands, some of which include: reparations, for what they say are past and continuing harms to African Americans, an end to the death penalty, legislation to acknowledge the effects of slavery, a move to defund the police, seizing homes owned by white families and ...
The topic of reparations gained renewed attention in 2020 [45] as the Black Lives Matter movement named reparations as one of their policy goals in the United States. In 2020, rapper T.I. supported reparations that would give every African American US$1 million and asserted that slavery caused mass incarcerations, poverty, and other ills. [46]
The survey reported 77% of Black Americans say they support reparations, while 18% of white Americans say they do. Harris expressed support for reparations and studying the issue during her first ...
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The G.I. Bill, which provided life-changing education and housing benefits to millions of World War II veterans, excluded nearly 1 million Black veterans, perpetuating the racial wealth gap and ...
The setback last month followed turmoil at Harvard over that elite university's plans to make amends for historic ties to slavery and a lawsuit challenging an Illinois city's reparations payments.
Reparations (transitional justice), measures taken by the state to redress gross and systematic violations of human rights law or humanitarian law; Reparations for slavery, proposed compensation for the Atlantic slave trade, to assist the descendants of enslaved peoples Reparations for slavery in the United States
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.