The St. Louis Reparations Committee calls on the city to pay $25,000 and expunge criminal records for descendants of slaves who suffer “systematic racism”

Published by Verified by 18 de octubre, 2024 The St. Louis Reparations Committee issued a report calling for the descendants of slaves living in the city to receive direct cash payments of $25,000 as compensation for the effects of “systematic racism.” The report also urges the city to issue a formal apology for its role in slavery, arguing that such an apology would be the first step in acknowledging the “pain, suffering and disenfranchisement” Black people have endured for centuries. In addition to cash payments, it is recommended that tax breaks be provided to beneficiaries so that they will not face additional financial hurdles. 2024 Reparations Report by Veronica Silveri Regardless of the financial trouble this may cause, St. Louis Mayor Connor Kerrigan’s spokesman responded to the report’s release and praised the importance of the committee’s work and the need to repair, what he called, the generational damages caused by slavery: “We appreciate the hard work of the Reparations Committee and recognize the need to repair the generational damage created by the legacy of slavery of chattel and centuries of racist practices and policies at both the national and local levels (…) We are conducting a full analysis of the...