Reparations advocates say federal government owes 7 quadrillion dollars for slave labor
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Updated · Fox News · Apr 30
Reparations advocates say federal government owes 7 quadrillion dollars for slave labor
5 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 30
At a Kennedy King College town hall in Chicago, Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission chair Marvin Slaughter Jr cited his 2022 study for the estimate.
Speakers including Pastor Jonathan Brooks and professor Daniel Davis said reparations require truth-telling, acknowledgment and compensation for descendants, not only financial payments.
The commission last month issued a report on historical harms against Black Illinoisans, while speakers pointed to Evanston's $25,000 housing-discrimination reparations as a local example.
Beyond cash payments, what does comprehensive national atonement for slavery actually entail?
Can the U.S. feasibly fund a multi-trillion dollar reparations plan for slavery?
With local reparations facing lawsuits, what makes a national plan legally viable?