Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Senate to research reparations for descendants of slaves, stepping forward and taking the lead on an issue that's enveloped the 2020 Democratic field.
on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Senate to research reparations for descendants of slaves, stepping forward and taking the lead on an issue that's enveloped the 2020 Democratic field.
"Since slavery in this country, we have had overt policies fueled by white supremacy and racism that have oppressed African-Americans economically for generations,""This bill is a way of addressing head-on the persistence of racism, white supremacy, and implicit racial bias in our country." The New Jersey senator added that the bill aims to bring together the"best minds" to research the issue in order to"to right the economic scales of past harms and make sure we are a country where all dignity and humanity is affirmed.
Booker is the only direct descendant of slaves running in a broad field of Democratic candidates in 2020. He's made criminal justice reform and racial justice the primary causes of his political career, and the reparations bill falls in line with that trend.
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