Tennessee tears itself apart over slavery reparations

 Reverend Earle Fisher launched a petition against a Tennessee bill banning the study of reparations   In just two days, the Memphis pastor’s petition amassed more than 500 signatures from other Tennesseans   State Senator Brent Taylor, who sponsored the bill, said that reparations should be handled by the federal- not local- government By Mitchell Goodbar For Dailymail.Com Published: 02:07 EDT, 8 April 2024 | Updated: 02:41 EDT, 8 April 2024 Tennessee has found itself riven by a bill in the state senate that would forbid the study of reparations for the descendants of slaves.  The bill, which will be voted on in the House next Wednesday, has created some blowback in the state. Chief among the bill’s critics is Reverend Earle Fisher, the senior pastor of Abyssian Baptist Church. This week, the Memphis pastor launched a petition against the bill, and in just two days, it amassed more than 500 signatures.  Speaking to NewsNation, Reverend Fisher said that the decision to axe any future studies of reparations was not motivated by a desire to save money. ‘This is not about money. This is about ideology. This is about political power,’ Fisher said. He continued: ‘This is about people who are hell-bent...