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Reparations Not Yet a “Mainstream” Demand
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
08 Dec 2020
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Margaret Kimberley · Reparations Not Yet a “Mainstream” Demand

Reparations “hasn’t reached the point where there’s really a discussion among white politicians” on the merits of the issue, said Zuri Arman Kent-Smith, a writer and activist with a degree in Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Kent-Smith doesn’t forsee a “productive conversation” about reparations when politicians like president-elect Joe Biden not only refuse to endorse defunding of police, but “want to increase funding” for the cops.

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