Race & Politics

The Switch Up — Battle for Reparations 

Since the Emancipation Proclamation, America has struggled to reckon with its history of enslaving Africans.  

Today, the legacy of slavery impacts 57 percent of Black Americans, according to Pew Research Center. 

But that legacy is multifaceted, and ranges from economic and educational inequality to redlining to the justice system.  


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For some, they believe it’s past time America addressed these harms through reparations. But for others, the idea is so controversial, so incomprehensible, that it’s an impossible venture.  

Listen below:


The Switch Up podcast series — hosted by The Hill’s Cheyanne M. Daniels — explores the intersection of race and politics through intimate conversations with leading scholars, advocates and legislators from communities of color. Follow The Switch Up on Spotify.

Tags Al Green Cori Bush John Conyers Mitch McConnell Reparations Ta-Nehisi Coates

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