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CHICAGO – Some Black Chicagoans say they are all about restoration, calling for local and federal government action to right slavery and other historical wrongs, one of the hot-button topics of debate in America today.
“It should be like an incentive. Everyone signs up, and everyone gets a deposit,” William, a Chicago resident, told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital took to the streets of Chicago last week to talk to advocates and residents as the city and state look to implement some form of compensation.
CHICAGO RECOVERY ADVOCATES SAY FEDERAL GOV MORALLY OWES ‘7 QUADRILION DOLLARS IN SLAVE LABOR.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launched a public consultation effort called “Repair Chicago” to collect the experiences of Black Chicagoans’ injuries as part of an effort to initiate reparations. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“I think the federal government should do that. Because as a government, you know, with slavery and everything, that’s a whole government thing, not just a city thing,” Williams added.
Leonte Fraley, a native of Englewood, Chicago, who completed his studies at Kennedy King College, said that this money could help Blacks who were financially backward from previous government policies.
“I can go and take this money and buy this house that I couldn’t afford. I don’t have to live in a certain place just because I’m not financially in a place that I can afford,” said Fraley.
“That’s a change for us,” he said.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launched a community engagement effort called “Repair Chicago” to gather the trauma experiences of Black Chicagoans as part of an effort to implement reparations.
Closer to Chicago, Evanston, Illinois issued $25K in compensation payments to some Black residents who were descendants of those affected by past housing discrimination. The city said looking into housing discrimination is the best case for compensation.
Evanston native and owner of Cutting Edge Hair Gallery, Donna Walker, told Fox News Digital that the Black residents who received the money deserved it.
“So the people who get it deserve it. Even our ancestors and our elders went through it. So I feel it’s worth it,” said Walker.
Evanston resident and business owner of Cutting Edge hair salon, Donna Walker, told Fox News Digital that the Black residents of Evanston who received the restitution money deserve it.
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Ivan, a gym teacher in Chicago Public Schools, believes that giving cash is not a good idea.
“I really feel, man, that compensation should be just an opportunity. Giving people money never seems good for a reason, you know, but you give an opportunity,” said Ivan, a resident who moved to the Windy City two years ago.
At Kennedy King College on Tuesday in Chicago, the chairman of the department of social sciences, Dr.
Grace, a student at Kennedy King College, told Fox News Digital that she was excited to see her professor Dr. Daniel Davis speaking about compensation at an event on Tuesday at the school. (Fox News Digital)
Williams, an Illinois The Commissioner of African Descent-Citizens Reparations (ADCRC), told Fox News Digital that the US is able to issue reparations because the country has war money, referring to the nation’s conflict with Iran.
“I think part of my job, not just as a teacher but also as a commissioner, is to go around the country and help people understand the urgent need, the great urgency, if you will, of this question,” Williams said.
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Closer to Chicago, Evanston, Illinois issued $25K in compensation payments to some Black residents who were descendants of those affected by past housing discrimination. (Getty Images)
At a Kennedy King College event discussing compensation, ADCRC Chairman Marvin Slaughter, Jr. he said “seven billion dollars” was donated to the US through slavery.
The “seven billion” figure comes from the 24-hour-a-day deficit of enslaved people as they “had no freedom of time,” Slaughter told Fox News Digital, citing the report. studies he is doing in 2022.
The ADCRC in March released a report laying out what it called the state’s history of harm to Black Illinoisans, described as its “first comprehensive, evidence-based” report that examines “how slavery and its residue produced historic damage and continue to create inequality for black Illinoisans.”
Dr. Daniel Davis, a faculty member in the social sciences department at Kennedy King College who teaches African American studies, said the cash is needed, but the payoff is bigger than that.
“So some people think we’re just asking for a big check. No, part of the money is needed as part of the package, part of the compensation, and maybe help with mortgages, down payments, tax breaks, education breaks to get funding,” Davis told Fox News Digital.
Dr. Daniel Davis, a faculty member in the sociology department of Kennedy King College, teaches African American studies.
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Davis was one of four speakers on the panel to provide information on restoration to the crowd of students in attendance.
“But the money part – liquidity is necessary,” he said.
“Cash is king, right?” he continued. “So while we can have institutions and other things developed in the name of reparations, having the money to make a move and help redress some of these injuries and other inequities in these spaces.”
