Most conversations about reparations center on compensating descendants of enslaved people. Evanston focused its effort on repairing damage caused by housing discrimination.
For most Black Americans, the question of reparations isn’t a matter of should the United States pay damages done (structural racism, systemic oppression, and
California’s task force on reparations for Black Americans is facing a July deadline to submit its recommendations. William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen, who co-wrote the book “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century,” join John Dickerson on “Prime Time” to discuss. Source