1/ The difference between race-based policies and reparations Is that reparations contain an inherent mea culpa. They’re recognition of a wrong that was done, a debt that is owed and the willingness on the part of a people to pay it.

2/ Germany has paid $89 billion in reparations to Jewish organizations. It doesn’t mean that the Holocaust didn’t happen, but it has gone far toward establishing emotional and psychological reconciliation between Germany and the Jews of Europe.

3/ Almost 250 yrs of slavery followed by almost 100 more yrs of institutionalized violence against Black people in the American South. If you’ve been kicking someone to the ground for almost 350 years, you owe more than to stop kicking; you owe it to them to help them get back up