Senior White House adviser Cedric Richmond recently sat down for an interview with Axios, where he revealed the White House will address reparations to African Americans "now."
When asked if there would be financial payments given to descendants of slaves, Richmond stated, "If you start talking about free college tuition to [historically black colleges and universities] and you start talking about free community college in Title I and all of those things, I think that you are well on your way. We have to start breaking down systemic racism and barriers that have held people of color back and especially African-Americans. We have to do stuff now."
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Feb. 17 regarding legislation that would create a commission to study the merits of direct reparation payments. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters after the hearing that Biden "would support a study of reparations," which Richmond stated wasn't necessary. He explained, "We don’t want to have to wait on a study that we even support. We're going to start acting now."
Source: AOL
