Content warning: This story discusses miscarriages. Evanston’s reparations program is currently focusing on addressing financial inequities for the generations of Black folks greatly discriminated against in housing opportunities from the 1920s through the 1970s. My own family was able to own homes but still suffered significantly from racism in 1950s and ʼ60s Evanston. My aunt.
Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence and death. I grew up believing that it isn’t safe to be Black, female, sexy, smart and powerful — defined as having access to wealth. “They” will kill you. By the 1920s, my grandfather moved to Evanston and was active in building a life here for.
As I have witnessed the national conversation on reparations with fascination, Evanston leads in quantifying harm and preparing to dole out financial damages. City Council acknowledging racially-related harm is a powerful beginning. I am from a Black family that settled in Evanston in the late 1920s; my people migrated during those decades of greatest documentable.
'Exceptionally Fine Article' That was an exceptionally fine article on the journey of Nicholas Languerand into extremism ["Capitol Offense," February 2]. And also very disturbing..