Black Reparations

What a Compensation Package Should Look Like for Blacks in 2020

During this current election cycle, many Democratic candidates have embraced the idea of reparations for slavery much like the phrase, “40 acres and a mule” which emerged in southern states in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War for newly freed slaves proclaiming their right to land amounting to 40 acres and a mule for farming matters. But what would Black retribution mean in 2020? A small city council in North Carolina has the right idea. They understand that, “increasing generational wealth should be the focus.”

Top Recommendations for Black American Reparations:

1.     Free tuition and fees at a four-year public college or university;

2.     No deposit and low-interest mortgage worth up to $500,000 property;

3.     Investment fund with advisors to support entrepreneurship;

4.     Continuous funding to maintain and support programming for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture;

5.     Funding to the Department of Education to mandate a curriculum in social studies specifically on African Americans contributions to American history dating back to 1619 when the first slaves arrived until today.

As a Londoner for nearly eight years, I’ve come to get a better understanding of the Black experience in the UK — past and present. Similarly, this made me think about reparations in the British context.

Black Reparations—Black British

This is what I think Black retribution should look like for Britain in 2020.

1.     Free secondary education at a private school (e.g. A-levels and sixth form) in catchment area;

2.     Waived fees to university;

3.     Waived fees for British naturalization to commonwealth nationals who contributed to developing the National Health Service (NHS), transportation system and other public entities;

4.     No deposit and low-interest mortgage worth up to £500,000 property;

5.     Investment fund with advisors to support entrepreneurship;

6.     Funding to develop and maintain a national museum dedicated to British Black history and culture;

7.     Funding to the Department of Education to mandate an inclusive curriculum in primary to secondary schools specifically on Black history and contributions to British history dating back to the first slave arrival until today.

Simply dividing cash to fork out to descendants of slaves is not the best approach for today’s standards. We need reparations to be used as an opportunity to help decrease the economic gap.

The time is now. PAY UP!

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~Signed Chantal Victoria — Writer, Publisher, and Academic.

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