A few days after the city of Evanston, Illinois, passed a resolution to offer reparations to Black families, Duke University economics professor William Darity Jr. penned an op-ed for The Washington Post arguing that the program should not be classified as “reparations.”
“That’s a good step for the city to take, but let’s be clear: This is a housing voucher program, not reparations — and calling it that does more harm than good,” wrote Darity along with North Carolina-based A. Kirsten Mullen, co-author of their book From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century.
Brookings Institution scholars Rashawn Ray and Andre Perry snapped back with anotherWashington Post op-ed saying that Evanston’s program, while not the complete package, is a form of reparations.
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