Reparations Don’t Buy Justice, Dignity, or Freedom

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) speaks at a Congressional Black Caucus press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 1, 2020. The CBC pushed for H.R. 40, also known as the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2019. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Commentary

The issue of reparations to black Americans as payment for damage done as a result of years of legal slavery and subsequent discrimination is back on the table.