Bills to pay reparations for slavery stir tough feelings March 09 2021 I feel like this is truly the right thing for Oregon to do in order to right the wrongs of the past.
Should Oregonians pay thousands each year in reparations to descendants of enslaved people?
That s the question Oregon lawmakers take up Wednesday morning, March 10, as they discuss two senate bills requiring the state to study paying reparations to African American Oregonians who can trace their ancestry to slavery.
Former state Rep. Tiffiny K. Mitchell of Astoria says yes, we should. A handful of others who submitted early testimony on the two bills say absolutely not.