Reparations Daily (ish) Vol. 61

Happy Friday! No Hot Takes section today, so signing off for the week with a quote from Queen Mother Audley Moore, one of the giants of the modern reparations movement, who you’ll learn more about in February for my Black History month profile of her.

Here are some articles I’d recommend reading today:

• Imani Perry wrote this moving piece about the legacy of slavery in New Orleans for the New York Times today.

• The city of Asheville is ramping up its reparations efforts. This short piece in Spectrum gives an update.

• USA Today profiled a white woman, Sarah Eisner, and a Black man, Randy Quarterman, who’ve come together to advocate for reparations. What makes the story so intriguing is that Eisner’s ancestors owned Quaterman’s ancestors.

• As detailed in this NBC News piece, two Richmond have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Supreme Court of Virginia that let state officials remove the Robert E. Lee monument.

• I have the deepest respect for john powell. I recently watched this interview he did with the late bell hooks. I highly recommend it. He penned this opinion piece for a series on ‘targeted universalism,’ for the Nonprofit Quarterly. He briefly talks about the tension of focusing on the Black-white wealth gap, and the benefits of targeted universalism. I have my own opinion, which for now I’ll keep to myself, but I think it’s a piece that will get you thinking.

With radical love,
Trevor

National News

USA Today: She's descended from the man who enslaved his ancestor. Together, they push for reparations in Georgia.

NBC 12: U.S. Supreme Court asked to hear Confederate statue case

USA Today: 'Corporate-sanctioned racism'? How war on critical race theory spread from schools to big business

Mother Jones: A Key Reason Jan. 6 Rioters Aren’t Facing Sedition Charges: They’re White

Washington Post: Why aren’t Americans more alarmed by white-supremacist violence?

NBC: They fought critical race theory. Now they’re focusing on ‘curriculum transparency.’

Washington Post: It’s crucial to document enslavers in Congress

Financial Times: Companies urged to honour racial justice pledges

Grist: How the Indigenous landback movement is poised to change conservation

Newsone: Rep. Barbara Lee Commemorates 6th Annual National Day Of Racial Healing With Panel On Reparations And Transformation

Nonprofit Quarterly: Beyond Equity: Targeted Universalism and the Closing of the Racial Wealth Gap

Next City: More Than 30 Black CDFI CEOs Team Up to Shrink the Racial Wealth Gap

The Hill: Yellen: US has 'much more work' to close racial wealth gap

Washington Post: An architect of critical race theory: ‘We cannot allow all of the lessons from the civil rights movement forward to be packed up and put away for storage’

Regional News

New York Times: In New Orleans, the Ghosts of Slavery Hide in Plain Sight

Spectrum: Dozens apply for Asheville Community Reparations Commission

Evanston Roundtable: Rule change would lift restrictions for Reparations Committee members eligible to receive housing awards

KJZZ: Her ancestors survived the Tulsa Race Massacre. Now she's telling their stories

CNN: Florida bill to shield people from feeling 'discomfort' over historic actions by their race, nationality or gender approved by Senate committee

Washington Post: It’s time for Texas to abolish Confederate Heroes Day

ABC News: Florida doubles down on anti-critical race theory legislation

Detroit Free Press: Viral 'Critical Race Theory' painting created overnight fame for Detroit artist

The Hill: Florida lawmaker introduces bill to remove three confederate holidays from state law

SF Chronicle: Study shows widespread conflict over critical race theory in schools, including in some Bay Area districts

NBC 5: Evanston Begins Historic Reparations Payments to Black Residents

Argus Courier: Reparations debate resurrects volatile historical issues

KCBX: Racial Equity Fund aims to invest in Santa Barbara County anti-racism initiatives

CBS 3: Police Investigating Stickers Advocating White Supremacy Found On Signs Along Several Streets On Main Line

Star Tribune: 'Colorblind' treatment decision won't promote racial justice

International News

Washington Post: Martinique court dismisses slavery reparations lawsuit

Yahoo Finance: Indigenous-led Transitional Committee formed to establish a National Council for Reconciliation

The Guardian: Here’s how to repay developing nations for colonialism – and fight the climate crisis

CNBC: ‘Obscene inequality’: Oxfam says taxing the world’s richest could help save lives

Quote of the Day

“We have no idea the condition that we are in or the neurosis that we suffer. We suffer a terrible, terrible blight. We don’t know who we are. We use European names, and we’re just comfortable with our condition.” - Queen Mother Audley Moore, 1985