Reposted from @pushing_black - • • "It's... payment of a debt that is owed. That is what reparations is." Author Marianne Williamson earned applause and cheers when she mounted a defense of her plan to offer $200 billion to $500 billion in reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans in the US. #DemDebate “It’s not $500 billion in ‘financial assistance’ — it’s $200 to $500 billion payment of a debt that is owed.” She went on to say that the country needed “deep truth-telling” when it came to the issue of race, and that the economic gap between black and white Americans “comes from a great injustice that has never been dealt with.” “That great injustice has to do with the fact that there was 250 years of slavery, followed by another 100 years of domestic terrorism.” The $200 billion to $500 billion figure, she went on, came from the Civil War–era promise of reparations in the form of “40 acres and a mule” made to former slaves, multiplied by the number of slaves at the time — between 4 million and 5 million. Williamson’s answer prompted strong reactions on Twitter (SOURCE: The Cut) • • Join Our Facebook & Instagram Family @Pushing_Black • • #NEPHEWTOMMY #DrSebi #NipseyHussle #Tupac #ColinKaepernick #IMWITHKAP #MartinLutherKingJr #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #unapologeticallyme #blackempowerment #Blackexcellence #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #hiphop #hiphopart #killeverygram #livecreatively #blackfashion #blackfashionblogger #melaningoddess #melaninmagic #blackisbeautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wzowYn6VvtRgCED37MV1C8mKYODNfILKkNqw0/?igshid=1k8gpg4qxix04
