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Modern Reparations: The Reallocation of Stolen Land to Black Families

In a good news story this week, an advocacy group in California is working to return property stolen from Black families during the Jim Crow era - and they are succeeding.

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Kendi King
Sep 30, 2021
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For decades, this issue of allocating reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans in America has weaved in and out of the political sphere.

Every now and then a politician, usually a far-left Democrat, will promise a plan for finally offering reparations. It’s never taken too seriously, as it would take far t…

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