Reparations amount to a societal obligation in a nation where our Constitution sanctioned slavery, Congress… — Nikole Hannah-Jones
Reparations amount to a societal obligation in a nation where our Constitution sanctioned slavery, Congress passed laws protecting it, and our federal government initiated, condoned, and practiced legal racial segregation and discrimination against Black Americans until half a century ago. And so it is the federal government that would pay [reparations].
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