House Democrat to introduce reparations push, declares ‘moral obligation’ to send trillions to Black Americans
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AHouseDemocratplanstointroducearesolutioncallingfortheU.S.tospendtrillionsofdollarsonreparationsforBlackAmericansthisweek.
Rep.SummerLee,D-Penn.,planstointroducetheReparationsNowResolutiononThursday.LeemetwithotherlawmakersandactivistsonCapitolHillonTuesdayataneventtitled“WhyWeCan’tWait:AdvancingReparativeJusticeinOurLifetime.”Shearguesthatreparationsarea“moralandlegalobligation”forAmericans.
“Thisisamomentintimewheresocietiesareshaped[and]newsocietiesarebuilt.Weshouldbetheoneswhoareshapingit,”saidLee.
“Theirrealintentionistobuildupwhatevercomesnextintheirimage,”shesaid,referringtotheTrumpadministration,“andwebetterfightlikehelltomakesurethatwe’rebuildingitinourimage.”
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