The crisis proves that restitution for the African American descendants of slavery is urgent, affordable and long overdue.
The COVID-19 crisis only heightens the urgency of black reparations. Long overdue, they are now more essential than ever.
The denial of the promised 40-acre land grants for newly emancipated blacks at the end of the Civil War was accompanied by the award of large tracts of land to whites. These awards are what Neel Kashkari calls"free equity." In this case, one group is provided a gift of a lucrative asset. Kashkari, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president, defines free equity as unearned or unmerited gifts that provide a substantial boost toward economic security and well-being.
People who believe they have COVID-19, and who meet the criteria, wait in line to be pre-screened for the coronavirus outside of the Brooklyn Hospital Center on March 20 in Brooklyn, New York.Black reparations refer to America's denial of the promised 40-acre land grants to newly emancipated black people at the end of the Civil War.
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