/tags/reparations Reparations en-US Copyright Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:21:50 GMT /show/due-south/2024-06-19/formerly-enslaved-people-given-land-taken-back-reparations-civil-war-emancipation Reveal’s newest series uncovers the government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles, only to take the land back. “Forty acres and a mule” is more than reparations that didn’t happen. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:21:50 GMT /show/due-south/2024-06-19/formerly-enslaved-people-given-land-taken-back-reparations-civil-war-emancipation Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco /race-demographics/2023-03-30/shaw-university-student-debaters-join-debate-over-reparations The debate over reparations is real. The directors of the film "The Big Payback" is spreading the word on the importance of reparations for the descendants of African slaves in the United States. Students at HBCUs, like Shaw University, are learning the pros and cons of reparations and debating the issue. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:07:17 GMT /race-demographics/2023-03-30/shaw-university-student-debaters-join-debate-over-reparations Leoneda Inge /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/paying-the-debt The U.S. government and governments of other countries have paid reparations to a wide range of people and groups, for a variety of wrongs, throughout history. But reparations to Black Americans have not been paid to date. In this episode: listen in on a live conversation about reparations with some of today's top advocates for a federal rollout. How would the debt be calculated? Who would qualify? What methods might work? Would reparations fix racial inequality? | Learn more about this series and the book that inspired it, "From Here To Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century," at waysandmeansshow.org. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 20:00:39 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/paying-the-debt /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/white-brutality Throughout the nation’s history, promising signs of Black American progress have been shattered by acts of violence serving the interests of white supremacy. The extent of that violence is widespread and ongoing. From lynchings to the decimation of entire communities by white mob savagery with deadly and far-reaching consequences. Examples of this American brand of white violence affected Black wealth and Black lives in Colfax (1873) and Coushatta, Louisiana (1874), Wilmington, North Carolina (1898), Atlanta (1906), Elaine, Arkansas and Chicago (1919), in Ocoee, Florida (1920) and the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1921), to name only a few. | Learn more at waysandmeansshow.org. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:43:01 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/white-brutality /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/whitening-the-middle-class Time and again, the route to upward mobility in American society has been blocked for Black people. Consider the G.I. Bill, which provided college education and housing benefits for veterans after World War II. The G.I. Bill was a conveyor belt into the middle class for millions of white WWII veterans, but many Black veterans were excluded and subsequent generations continue to feel the effects. | Episode discussion guides for this series available at waysandmeansshow.org. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:27:52 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/whitening-the-middle-class /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/a-tale-of-two-cities Home ownership played an important role in how many Americans built wealth in the 20th century. Yet, Black Americans faced significant obstacles on the path to owning a home in the same time period. In this episode, how U.S. government policies promoted residential segregation and destroyed African-American neighborhoods in the process. | Support this show with a donation at wunc.org/give. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:15:02 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/a-tale-of-two-cities /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/this-land-is-my-land The promise of “40 acres and a mule” officially was made in 1865 when the U.S. government decided that newly freed African-Americans should have a plot of land to call their own. Three years earlier, when 90% of Black Americans still were enslaved, the federal government enacted the Homestead Act and started offering free 160-acre plots of land to settlers, mostly white Americans. A tale of two promises made by the government — one kept, one broken — that helps explain the existing wealth gap between Black and white Americans. | Episode discussion guides for this series available at waysandmeansshow.org. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:00:59 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/this-land-is-my-land /race-demographics/2021-06-22/durham-commits-million-reparations-approved-budget-slavery The city’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $6 million that will go toward green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods. Durham intends to allocate money every year going forward. Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:21:37 GMT /race-demographics/2021-06-22/durham-commits-million-reparations-approved-budget-slavery Naomi P. Brown /race-demographics/2020-12-09/north-carolina-county-becomes-latest-to-back-reparations A board of commissioners in a North Carolina county has voted to support reparations and apologized for the county’s role in slavery, segregation and… Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:13:04 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-09/north-carolina-county-becomes-latest-to-back-reparations Associated Press /race-demographics/2020-10-07/durham-city-council-pushes-for-federal-reparations-for-descendents-of-enslaved-people Council members voted unanimously Monday night to push for federal programs they say would reduce racial inequality. Those include payments to descendants… Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:32:23 GMT /race-demographics/2020-10-07/durham-city-council-pushes-for-federal-reparations-for-descendents-of-enslaved-people Cole del Charco