In my latest, I compare Bernie Sanders's "reparations" answer from last night's #BernieTownHall to the stances of other 2020 candidates and argue that of all the candidates, only Sanders asked an all important question: "What does ["reparations"] mean?" theintercept.com/2019/02/26/…

Bernie Sanders Asks the Right Question on Reparations: What Does It Mean?

Multiple 2020 candidates have now committed to reparations, but none have specifically committed to race-specific redress for historical harm.

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@marwilliamson explains what they mean very well. You’re stomping hard for Bernie when he has adequate access to scholars and orgs to know what reparations mean. youtube.com/szL84l9kd4I

Marianne Williamson at Harvard Divinity School "Reparations for...

Marianne Williamson at Harvard Divinity School on "Reparations for Slavery: The Role of Repentance in National Politics" on February 19, 2019Marianne2020.com

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She wants to give a $10 billion to "economic projects and educational projects for renewal." That is not a reparations plan. Honestly I would hope you'd want more than to fall for more lip service.
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Can you please give a source or where she said that. Just for reference please. I need a link. Please and Thank you.
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ebony.com/news/dem-president… Note that it's very difficult to figure out what she wants. Her website says a lot of nice stuff about the history of discrimination and what we're owed, but is short on specifics.

Dem. Presidential Candidate Calls for $100B in Slavery Reparations

Marianne Williamson announced her bid for the 2020 presidental election. She wants to give $100 billion to pay for slavery reparations.

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I’m quite specific. marianne2020.com/issues/raci…
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I respect your efforts to normalize the issue. I think that’s important. But this is not a plan. It’s a huge number range with no details about distribution or how this “council” would be selected — much less how it would be distributed.
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It’s not white America’s role to say how the money is disbursed. That’s why selection of the reparations counsel is so important. The legal stipulation is “projects for economic & educational renewal.” If you owe people $, you don’t get to tell them how to spend it.
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So you acknowledge that you don’t have a plan to do more than hand a crazy large amount of money to a bunch of black “leaders” who will be selected though some as-yet figured out but assuredly undemocratic process?
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Where’s the research into what types of investments would do the most to help the black community? Are the “leaders” required to use said metrics before they distribute funds? How are the benefits going to be directed to ADOS as opposed to blacks generally or the broader pop?
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Replying to @briebriejoy @africablackcode @MaxHPF
Once again, that is for members of #ADOS to determine. It is reasonable to assume some level of govt. agreement that the plans do support economic and educational renewal, but that is all.

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Well, I’m ADOS, and as a community member, the idea that some random community members would be in charge of reparations without any accountability to citizens or social science troubles me a great deal.
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These community members would so not be “random.” There are scholars and leaders who have been doing profound work on this issue for years.
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