Calls for reparations for black Americans fall apart due

By James Reinl, Social Affairs Correspondent, For Dailymail.Com Published: 12:20 EST, 4 February 2024 | Updated: 13:00 EST, 4 February 2024 Reparations advocates had the wind in their sails last year. Cities across the US set up teams to hash out plans to compensate black people for the legacy of slavery, taking their cue from a successful pilot in Evanston, Illinois. The landscape in 2024 is very different. Squad member Cori Bush, the Missouri Democrat who has championed payouts, is under investigation for campaign spending violations. Her bid for a $14 trillion federal compensation package is dead in the water. The reparations task force in Detroit — a hub for African-American culture — has descended into a ‘shambles’ of quitting and in-fighting. And California’s black lawmakers this week backtracked on plans to pay $1.2 million to each resident.  While many black voters are keen to get checks in the mail, only a fraction think they’ll see such a day in their lifetimes. Poll Do you support a federal reparation policy directed at the descendants of slaves? Yes 156 votes No 4755 votes Now share your opinion Mike​​​​ Gonzalez, an analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said support for reparations peaked...