Reparations Daily (ish) Vol. 56
One Time for the Birthday Boy
Happy Friday! Tomorrow is my 28th birthday — and I’ll be celebrating by resting. I’ve poured a lot into my work, this newsletter included, this year, and while I took every chance since I turned 21 to celebrate in a club or bar, I’ll be having a very low-key birthday celebration this year.
I’ll also be taking the next two weeks off from the newsletter and returning the final week of December with my last three editions of the year.
I’m hoping to do more intentional, and longer-form reported/think pieces in the new year and hopefully speak with more experts on the topic of reparations outside the United States, so I’ll also be using these next two weeks to do some planning and research around that.
This will always be a free newsletter. My sole goal is to keep as many people informed about the topic of reparations as possible. If you’ve learned anything or appreciated the amount of time I’ve put into this newsletter this year and wish to contribute to the steak dinner I plan to treat myself to tomorrow, you can contribute here:
Venmo: Trevor-Smith-2511
Paypal: paypal.me/tsmith1211
Or just give me a follow on Twitter, @tsmith1211, @reparationsish
There are a couple of events today:
Here are some of the articles I recommend you check out today:
This Brookings piece on white attitudes toward reparations.
This ABC News piece on Amanda Gorman’s new collection of poems that “illuminates her quest for social reparations and cultural history, unpacking their terrains through revisionism and erasure that imagine alternative renderings of past narratives,” according to the outlet.
I told yall Gen Z doesn’t play. But, according to this Washington Post piece, Georgetown students are applying pressure on the school’s administration to be more vocal and visible about the reparations process they started in 2019.
With radical love,
Trevor
National News
Brookings Institute: How we repair it: White Americans’ attitudes toward reparations
ABC News: Review: Amanda Gorman offers inventive collection of poems
Jerusalem Post: My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. That’s why I’m a rabbi for racial justice.
Bloomberg: The Hot Market for Toppled Confederate Statues
New York Magazine: Say Good-bye to the Nation’s Ugliest Confederate Statue
Regional News
Washington Post: Georgetown students renew push for reparations to descendants of enslaved people
New York Times: In Texas, a Battle Over What Can Be Taught, and What Books Can Be Read
Teen Vogue: Critical Race Theory Bans in Florida, New Hampshire Target Teachers
Black Enterprise: NEW PROGRAM CALLS FOR HUNDREDS OF BLACK WOMEN IN GEORGIA TO GET $850 IN GUARANTEED MONTHLY INCOME
NBC: California wants to give out its own' reparations,’ but that may be a mistake
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Incoming Amherst councilor representing town at national reparations forum
Cap Radio: California reparations task force discusses infrastructure's discriminatory history
MLive: Township rejected Black Lives Matter on bricks near controversial Confederate statue, lawsuit says
International News
New York Times: Emily Dickinson, British Abolitionism and Other Letters to the Editor
Smithsonian: After Breaking Ties With Britain, Barbados Announces Heritage District Tracing Slavery’s Toll
Quote of the Day
Last night, Drake and Ye, put their differences aside to host a concert to raise awareness about Larry Hoover. So, of course, I had to use a Drake quote for today’s Quote of the Day.
“I seen man turn fool for the money one too many times.” Drake, Madiba Riddim