After Maryland’s proposed bill to study reparations was vetoed, Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr., Ph.D. shared his perspective with The Washington Post, emphasizing that while the bill’s aim was commendable, state-level efforts are fundamentally insufficient. Based on the research Dr. Darity and his colleagues have conducted on the racial wealth gap, the amount owned to the Black descendants of American slavery is just too much for a state to fulfill.
The problem here is the sheer inability of a state government to execute a comprehensive program of reparations for black descendants of U.S. slavery,” he said in an email.
Dr. Darity adds that a reparations plan should not fall short of it purpose, and eligible recipients should not settle for less:
We should not take a fragment of a loaf or even half of a loaf in the form of something labeled ‘reparations’ when it falls short of what is due,” he said. “And, intrinsically, state and municipal efforts will fall short of what is due.”
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