By Nedra Rhone From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Charleston—The first time I viewed the Charleston Harbor, I was standing at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf, where more than 40% of the nation’s enslaved Africans had arrived centuries ago when they were forced into chattel slavery. I stood with my 12-year-old daughter facing the water at…
After Supreme Court Colorblind Ruling, the Slavery Reparations Fight Lives On as ‘Not Race-Based’
News Analysis The uncertain legality of paying reparations for slavery and its legacies came into focus two weeks ago when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected racial preferences in college admissions nationwide. But while some see the ruling as a major setback for the reparations movement, it isn’t likely to deter its advocates, who say that…
Gov. Gavin Newsom Says Slavery Reparations Plan ‘About More Than Cash Payments’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said that reconciling with descendants of slaves in the United States is about “more than cash payments” after his Reparations Task Force recommended millions of dollars in compensation to black residents of the state. In a statement to Fox News Digital on May 9, Newsom said that the nine-member task force’s independent…
California Reparations Panel Downplays $800 Billion Estimated Price Tag
April 14, 2023
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A member of California’s Reparations Task Force has downplayed its $800 billion estimated price tag, despite it being three times the state’s existing budget. Cheryl Grills, a member of the California Reparations Task Force, told CalMatters in an interview, that the total dollar amount was the “least important piece” of their reparations proposal. The committee is still…
Virginia Donors Use New Website to Fight Richmond University’s ‘Radical’ Ideology
Descendants of a University of Richmond donor are continuing to demand $3.6 billion in restitution from the institution for stripping their ancestor’s name from its law school. And they have launched a website to fight the university’s “woke” ideology. The website URwoke.net and its accompanying foundation were launched earlier this month by the family of T.C. Williams,…
The Guardian Newspaper Apologises for Slavery Links
March 29, 2023
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The Guardian newspaper has apologised for its founder’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group, has pledged 10 million pounds (US$12.3 million) to communities linked to the activities of John Edward Taylor, the journalist who started the paper in 1821. “The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement report,…
PREMIERING NOW: What Does San Francisco’s Reparations Plan Mean for Black People? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 141
March 23, 2023
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The city of San Francisco is considering giving $5 million to each black descendant of slaves who lives in the city. They also want to allow blacks to purchase a home for one dollar, even though the average price of a home in the city is over $1 million. Additionally, they want to provide $97,000…
What Does San Francisco’s Reparations Plan Mean for Black People? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 141
March 23, 2023
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The city of San Francisco is considering giving $5 million to each black descendant of slaves who lives in the city. They also want to allow blacks to purchase a home for one dollar, even though the average price of a home in the city is over $1 million. Additionally, they want to provide $97,000…
Reparations Are a Statist Cudgel for Bludgeoning Property Owners
March 21, 2023
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Commentary San Francisco’s panel on reparations has issued a recommendation that qualified black residents in that city receive $5 million in reparations for the financial effects of slavery and/or racial discrimination. There was never slavery in the city of San Francisco, but the panel nevertheless suggested that city inhabitants must atone for racial discrimination. Such calls for…
The ‘1619 Project’ Is Wrong About Capitalism, but Not in the Way You May Think
Commentary In 1834, an angry mob descended on a gathering at a New York church. Their target was Lewis and Arthur Tappan, owners of a successful mercantile import business. When the Tappans fled, the mob went to Lewis Tappan’s home and threw his belongings into a fire on the street. The Tappans were the epitome…
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