Boston has unexpectedly become a hotbed for national conversation centered on reparations. But now, some Black pastors are asking “white churches” in Boston to enter the conversation and atone for their role in the slave trade.
An open letter signed by 16 clergy and faith leaders lists options for white churches to consider for reparations, including cash payments, the creation of affordable housing, and help with backing new “financial and economic institutions in Black Boston.”
The activist clergy detailed ways the reparations could be paid, including in cash or by creating affordable housing or financial and economic institutions in Black Boston .