Slavery reparations are “a gesture to free ourselves up, to imagine ourselves differently,” @esglaude tells @mehdirhasan “What that will look like means dealing with the history that has the country by the throat.”

Mar 18, 2021 · 12:48 AM UTC

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @esglaude @mehdirhasan
Reparations would include a series of laws bringing descendants of African slaves in line economically w descendants of the original colonizers from Great Britain, including 400+ years of land grants, non-redlined housing, etc. Consider reparations for MexIndigenous & Indigenous
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @esglaude @mehdirhasan
Mehdi - Is part of reparations fining sellers of hate, propagandists and liars? Like Fox News?
Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @esglaude @mehdirhasan
Reparations means to "make one whole" To award an amount of damages sufficient to put the injured party back into the position that party was in before the injury. This injury is too grievous, it's why I think it's a bad idea. But, I defer to those whose ancestors were enslaved.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @esglaude @mehdirhasan
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