$25,000
The amount that a small number of eligible Black residents of Evanston, Ill., could receive in reparation payments that can be used towards home repairs or other house payments, in response to the city’s historically racist housing policies. Though other cities have launched initiatives, reparation payments are not widely supported; a survey last summer found that only one in five respondents agreed that the U.S. should pay reparations.
The amount that a small number of eligible Black residents of Evanston, Ill., could receive in reparation payments that can be used towards home repairs or other house payments, in response to the city’s historically racist housing policies. Though other cities have launched initiatives, reparation payments are not widely supported; a survey last summer found that only one in five respondents agreed that the U.S. should pay reparations. (Reuters — March 21, 2021)
