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| Providence Mayor Launches Reparations Process |
| 2020-07-16 |
| [NECN] Rhode Island's capital city is looking at providing reparations to residents of African and Native American heritage, Providence Mayor Jorge Elzorza announced Wednesday. The Democratic mayor signed an executive order creating a "Truth-Telling, Reconciliation and Municipal Reparations Process" that would examine the feasibility of providing reparations, which are typically direct cash payments to individuals. Elorza said it's the first step in accepting the city's role in the country's fraught racial history, including Black slavery and mistreatment of Native Americans. "We're putting a marker on the ground and committing to elevating this conversation and using the levers at our disposal to correct the wrongs of the past," he said. Eloza said two other cities in the country have taken similar steps to provide reparations, but haven't gone as far as what he is pushing Providence to do. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Ashville, NC has also jumped on the left's current bandwagon de-jour. How about we call it more than even since an estimated 596,670 Union soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing freeing the slaves? Toss in all the diversity programs as well. Time to forget it; it's just picking an old scab over and over again. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-07-16 10:10 |
| #6 ^Meaning "lets rebuild all the buildings the rioters burned"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 09:49 |
| #5 City backs reparations in the form of community investment |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-16 09:45 |
| #4 We live in strange times when this guy would've been a far better mayor, or at least not as obnoxious. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-07-16 09:32 |
| #3 Some southern city already jumped the shark - Asheville? Isn't this an illegal "gift of public funds"? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-07-16 08:19 |
| #2 ^It's all OURs the PEOPLE's money - gromJorge |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 06:28 |
| #1 It's always easy to spend other peoples money to cover your party's moral debt. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-16 05:26 |