Detroit’s Legislative Policy Division offers an outline for how the reparations task force should be constructed to address historic discrimination against Black Detroiters.
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Survey: Being Black not required to decide Detroit reparations
Results from a community survey suggest residents who have lived in Detroit six to 10 years should qualify to sit on Detroit’s Reparations Task Force, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
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American Black Journal – Reparations: What Is Owed to Black Americans?
On “American Black Journal” this week, host Stephen Henderson revisits a portion of the show’s latest virtual town hall, hosted in conjunction with BridgeDetroit, centered around reparations and what is owed to Black Americans.
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Black? Homeowners? Determining who leads reparations in Detroit
Detroiters have two weeks to help determine the qualifications for incoming reparations task force members. Participants of the first community meeting say they want Black Detroiters to be part of the conversation.
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Sheffield talks reparations taskforce, urges community to weigh in
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield said community input is not only valued, it’s necessary if the taskforce is to be successful. She is asking that residents participate in a Feb. 24 community meeting to help shape the reparations committee.
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Keith Williams: Detroit’s been at the forefront of the reparations movement
Michigan’s Democratic Black Caucus chair, Keith Williams, has been working on Black Michiganders’ rights to reparations for years. He said Detroit’s participation in repairing the harm that was caused will set the tone for the rest of the state.
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Overtaxed Detroiters expect to be repaid
Despite rising home prices and stabilizing taxable property values, Detroiters who lost homes to tax foreclosure – or who have struggled to pay – say they still want reparations for past overassesments.
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What to expect from Detroit’s new reparations taskforce
Detroit voters approved the creation of a reparations taskforce in November. BridgeDetroit spoke with longtime community development expert and reparations supporter Lauren Hood to learn what the taskforce will mean for Detroiters.
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A freeway ripped the heart out of Black life in Detroit. Now Michigan wants to tear it down.
Highway removal is the easy part. Reparations is where it gets complicated.
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Mackinac panelists: Reparations are the path to economic prosperity
Equity experts joined the Mackinac Policy Conference to discuss how systemic racism has perpetuated the racial wealth gap in Michigan and how reparative policy can reverse those outcomes.