What Would Reparations Look Like?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 3, 2021
The anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre has shined a new light on the case for reparations. Andre Perry, senior fellow with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a columnist for the Hechinger Report, breaks down what reparations would look like and how a town in Illinois may be creating the framework for national reparations.

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