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Myself for five minutes. Coates, you state 250 years of slavery, 90 years of jim crow, 60 years of separate but equal, 35 years of racist housing policies until we reckon with our compounding moral debts america will never be whole. Why should the federal government bear responsibility for social and economic damages for descendents of the enslaved . R. Coates thank you chairman the federal government is complicit in it. The article you spoke about, this period of White Supremacy that you referenced in the headlines, it is so broad that if i tried to cover it in one article it would have been impossible so i focused on a specific thing, housing segregation and redlining specifically in the city of chicago. The federal government was deeply complicit in housing segregation and redlining and in the plunder of black homeowners in chicago. It would not have existed if the fha had not had a policy of not insuring loans for black People Living in chicago. It would not have existed if not for
If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
House judiciary subcommittee this portion of the hearing includes questions from members starting with the subcommittee chair. It is one hour and 45 minutes. Why should the federal government bear responsibility for economic and social damages . Thank you, chairman cohen. The most obvious reason is because the federal government is complicit. Thisrticle you spoke about time of White Supremacy reference in the headline it is so broad that if i tried to cover in one article it would have been impossible. I focus on a specific thing and that is jim crow and housing discrimination specifically in the city of chicago. The federal government was deeply complicit in housing surrogates in and redlining and the plunder of black homeowners in chicago. It would have not existed if the sha did not have a policy of not ensuring loans for black People Living in chicago. It would not have existed if not for the redlining laps that were written and created by this government of every major city in thi
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