There has long been talk about reparations our country needs to make to “re-pair” the inhumanity and damage done to black people, beginning with over two centuries of enslavement and continual racist policies. What exactly are reparations? Why are reparations controversial?
Here are two contemporary voices that address these questions.
Anthony Bogues, from the Choices Program, Brown University
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, speaking at the Brookings Institute