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It's important to appreciate slavery and the reparations debate, not merely in terms of the deprivation of African Americans, but the degree to which America has been enriched by the presence of Black people. As Harvard Kennedy School Professor Cornell William Brooks discusses, part of the problem today is that people do not know the stories of the people next to them. We should have real conversations about our history.

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On the 100th anniversary of the horrific Tulsa race massacre, Representative Regina Goodwin, a direct descendant of survivors who now represents the district in the Oklahoma legislature, offers a unique and particularly compelling case for reparations.

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No city alone has the ability or the capacity to right all the wrongs of the past. But Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza suggests that cities are leading the way across the country in tackling racial injustice and anti-Blackness, including through his city's truth-telling, reconciliation and municipal reparations process.

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Reparations are not new in this country. Forty years after stripping Japanese Americans of their homes, businesses, property and dignity, the U.S. government paid survivors $20,000 and issued a formal apology. Author Daniel James Brown explores what we can learn from the Japanese-American experience.

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The dominant media system defines the truths of our society and has created and sustained an anti-Black narrative since 1619. While government reparations efforts unfold, business and philanthropy can help repair and transform our media system. Alicia Bell, Damaso Reyes, Joseph Torres and Collette Watson discuss the steps needed to bring about change.