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The Government Broke Its Promise to Freed People. There’s a Price to Pay. – Mother Jones
"Fourteen trillion dollars.
That’s the total amount of money that the federal government owes to Black people in America for the legacy of slavery, according to economist William Darity and his colleagues.
It’s not an abstract figure. As Darity explains in the final episode of our “40 Acres and a Lie” series." https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/reveal-40-acres-lie-reparations/
"Fourteen trillion dollars.
That’s the total amount of money that the federal government owes to Black people in America for the legacy of slavery, according to economist William Darity and his colleagues.
It’s not an abstract figure. As Darity explains in the final episode of our “40 Acres and a Lie” series." https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/reveal-40-acres-lie-reparations/