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Providence to consider reparations for black and Native American residents
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:13 am
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:13 am
Rhode Island’s capital city is looking at providing reparations to residents of African and Native American heritage, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced Wednesday.
The Democratic mayor signed an executive order creating a “Truth-Telling, Reconciliation and Municipal Reparations Process” that would examine the feasibility of providing reparations, which are typically direct cash payments to individuals.
Elorza said it’s the first step in accepting the city’s role in the country’s fraught racial history, including Black slavery and mistreatment of Native Americans.
“We’re putting a marker on the ground and committing to elevating this conversation and using the levers at our disposal to correct the wrongs of the past,” he said.
Eloza said two other cities in the country have taken similar steps to provide reparations, but haven't gone as far as what he is pushing Providence to do.
Evanston, Illinois, created a reparations fund last year that draws from tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales. Officials in nearby Chicago have also been debating the issue, and countries including South Africa and Canada and colleges including Georgetown University have some form of reparations initiatives.
Elorza said Providence's monthslong effort will include accurately telling the history of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and structural racism in Providence. It will also involve recognizing that in some way at the city level, and then taking steps to address its ongoing impacts.
He stressed the question of what kind of reparations the city could ultimately provide residents is premature.
“How much, what form, how long are all legitimate questions, but questions for another day,” Elorza said. “It’s important to go step-by-step through this.”
But at least one Black city leader said she was skeptical of the efforts, which have been backed by other prominent Black Rhode Islanders, including Keith Stokes, the former head of the state Economic Development Corporation.
“When we utter the word ‘reparations’, I’m thinking of a remedy so thoughtful, holistic and valuable as to make a dent in the debt owed to my community,” Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris said in a lengthy statement ahead of Elorza’s announcement. “2020 is definitely not the year to overpromise and underdeliver. My people have been through enough.”
The city of roughly 180,000 residents, a majority of whom are persons of color, has been taking other steps to reconcile its past in the wake of the national reckoning on race spurred by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
Last month, Elorza ordered the removal of the word “plantations” from the state’s formal name — the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — in all official city documents.
Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo followed up with a similar edict for state documents. LINK
The Democratic mayor signed an executive order creating a “Truth-Telling, Reconciliation and Municipal Reparations Process” that would examine the feasibility of providing reparations, which are typically direct cash payments to individuals.
Elorza said it’s the first step in accepting the city’s role in the country’s fraught racial history, including Black slavery and mistreatment of Native Americans.
“We’re putting a marker on the ground and committing to elevating this conversation and using the levers at our disposal to correct the wrongs of the past,” he said.
Eloza said two other cities in the country have taken similar steps to provide reparations, but haven't gone as far as what he is pushing Providence to do.
Evanston, Illinois, created a reparations fund last year that draws from tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales. Officials in nearby Chicago have also been debating the issue, and countries including South Africa and Canada and colleges including Georgetown University have some form of reparations initiatives.
Elorza said Providence's monthslong effort will include accurately telling the history of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and structural racism in Providence. It will also involve recognizing that in some way at the city level, and then taking steps to address its ongoing impacts.
He stressed the question of what kind of reparations the city could ultimately provide residents is premature.
“How much, what form, how long are all legitimate questions, but questions for another day,” Elorza said. “It’s important to go step-by-step through this.”
But at least one Black city leader said she was skeptical of the efforts, which have been backed by other prominent Black Rhode Islanders, including Keith Stokes, the former head of the state Economic Development Corporation.
“When we utter the word ‘reparations’, I’m thinking of a remedy so thoughtful, holistic and valuable as to make a dent in the debt owed to my community,” Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris said in a lengthy statement ahead of Elorza’s announcement. “2020 is definitely not the year to overpromise and underdeliver. My people have been through enough.”
The city of roughly 180,000 residents, a majority of whom are persons of color, has been taking other steps to reconcile its past in the wake of the national reckoning on race spurred by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
Last month, Elorza ordered the removal of the word “plantations” from the state’s formal name — the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — in all official city documents.
Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo followed up with a similar edict for state documents. LINK
This post was edited on 7/16/20 at 7:15 am
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:15 am to DeltaTigerDelta
The bureaucrats know a good cash skimming opportunity when they see one!
This post was edited on 7/16/20 at 8:38 am
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:20 am to DeltaTigerDelta
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will include accurately telling the history of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and structural racism in Providence
So they are going to tell that it was black people in a Africa that sold their own people into slavery and which party was responsible for Jim Crow laws?
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:23 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Population boom.
If you subsidize it, they will come.
If you subsidize it, they will come.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:29 am to DeltaTigerDelta
quote:
Evanston, Illinois, created a reparations fund last year that draws from tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:30 am to DeltaTigerDelta
This is only the camel's nose in the tent. The long-term Left objective is FAR more ambitious. Think South Africa for a blueprint.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:32 am to Buckeye Jeaux
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Think South Africa for a blueprint.
not exactly
Since blacks are only 13% of the country this is more like the whites in South Africa getting paid.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:32 am to DeltaTigerDelta
A new Ghost town to explore in 10 years.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:33 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Will be interested to see how they treat freed blacks that owned slaves.
Idiots.
Idiots.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:34 am to DeltaTigerDelta
quote:
telling the history of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and structural racism in Providence.
Once you “tell the history” of structural racism, there’s no going back.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:35 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Good for them. Let each state decide. No federal funding for it, though.
This post was edited on 7/16/20 at 7:36 am
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:37 am to DeltaTigerDelta
I can't wait to watch this bankrupt a city
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:40 am to gthog61
quote:
not exactly
Since blacks are only 13% of the country this is more like the whites in South Africa getting paid.
Yes. Pretty much exactly. There were few, if any, blacks in SA when the Europeans settled SA.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:47 am to Tiguar
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Good for them. Let each state decide. No federal funding for it, though.
I’d prefer to push this down further than that to either cities or counties. A state like Alabama where 30% of the population is black and there’s a small percentage of white guilt people, the vote would be closer than you’d think. City/county would give me the opportunity to stay in state, but move down the street.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:50 am to DeltaTigerDelta
The Left have gone full-on, triple-down retard....
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:50 am to Buckeye Jeaux
Whites make up 34% of the population in Providence.
Basically, they will tax black people to pay for reparations for black people.
Sound idea.
Basically, they will tax black people to pay for reparations for black people.
Sound idea.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 7:50 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Would anyone miss Rhode Island if the horse headed gov and mexican mayor signed it over to the blacks and indians?
Pretty sure rural Kerr county Texas could kick it's arse in a war.
How much virtue signaling can you do before your bluff is called?
Pretty sure rural Kerr county Texas could kick it's arse in a war.
How much virtue signaling can you do before your bluff is called?
Posted on 7/16/20 at 8:12 am to DeltaTigerDelta
All 8 black residents of Providence must be excited.
Posted on 7/16/20 at 8:13 am to DeltaTigerDelta
What about black people that are already wealthy?
What about mixed race people?
Do they get paid too?
This just all seems so stupid
What about mixed race people?
Do they get paid too?
This just all seems so stupid
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