Last week, City Council voted to create a Reparations Task Force to explore whether Philadelphia descendants of enslaved Africans deserve compensation for the lasting impact of slavery and institutional racism.
Introduced by Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier, the task force would study whether the city is able to pay reparations to its Black community.
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