Reparations commission offers more recommendations, but not all members agree

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — During Monday night’s reparations commission meeting, community members and city leaders gathered to discuss a few more recommendations. The recommendations focused on education, including early childhood education for Black students and more resources for Black students in post-secondary institutions. News 13 previously reported on four economic projects the commission recommended last week: REPARATIONS COMMISSION SUGGESTS ECONOMIC PROJECTS FOR ASHEVILLE’S BLACK COMMUNITY Asheville-Buncombe County’s 25-member Community Reparations Commission has been on a mission to address racial inequalities. Dr. Dwight Mullens, who recently stepped down as Chair of the commision, spoke about the importance of addressing these issues in Buncombe County and the reason behind forming the Community Reparations Commission. “The commission was formed a little bit over two years ago and it followed the passage of resolutions passed by the city, the Council of Asheville and then the Buncombe County commissioners and the resolutions was basically admitting and apologizing for the participation in racially discriminatory policies ranging from enslavement, segregation and lynching and mass incarceration, even over renewal, and it ended with the admission of being involved with the policies created with disparities that we are currently experiencing in housing, in education, in health care and economic...