She wants to give Black Americans their 40 acres and a mule.
So far, night one of the second round of Democratic debates was spicy, to say the least. As expected, the candidates had much to say about issues such as Medicare for all, immigration reform, and revitalizing the economy, with outspoken senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren dominating the conversation as the two most left-leaning Democrats of the evening.
The basic idea behind reparations in the United States is that this country, having been built off of the blood and labor of enslaved Africans for centuries, owes their descendants significant financial compensation for their trauma and work. The topic has been a major point of conversation for Democratic candidates in this election, in part due to the academic work of race scholars and grassroots activists making its way to the mainstream; just last month , the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held its first congressional hearing on reparations in over a decade.
To address these racial inequalities, Williamson is proposing a $200-$500 billion plan of reparations for slavery, with the funds to be disbursed to recipients over the course of twenty years.
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