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Detroit City Council is moving forward with an effort to support reparations for African Americans.
President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield’s resolution, which passed Tuesday without objection, aims to lay out a foundation to create a city task force or commission to design what reparations may look like for Detroiters and how to make it happen, whether through a committee or “higher level” entity at the state level.
Sheffield said there are multiple community-led initiatives for reparations. You have Proposal P. Then you have the petition-led initiative, which is trying to put the question on the ballot. The ideas we’re kind of waiting to see is what happens with those so we’re not duplicating something that may be placed on the ballot, Sheffield said. “Today was important because it also shows council’s support for the idea of reparations and supporting a process to explore it moving forward.”
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