Reparations Are a Financial Quandary. For Democrats, They’re a Political One, Too.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 27, 2023
What should Americans pay for the legacy of slavery and a century of Jim Crow segregation?
For decades, the question was mostly academic. Then it was seized on by Democrats and activists during a time of racial re-examination after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and a number of cities and states set up commissions to study reparations to Black Americans.
Now, as those commissions announce their recommendations, the political climate is far different from just three years ago. A widespread . . .
