Slavery Reparations

Students and professors at the University of Notre Dame held an event on Wednesday night to discuss the creation of a reparations fund for black and Native American communities.

A majority of Virginians oppose creating a commission to study the feasibility of reparations, according to a poll released Friday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Thursday delivered a speech at Clark Atlanta University and declared that is time to adopt Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) legislation on reparations.

Nigel Farage has come to the defence of the United Kingdom’s heritage, lambasting Labour Party proposals to ‘audit’ the past, saying that people should stop apologising for Britain’s colonial history.

New Jersey lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to establish a task force that would explore the possibility of slavery reparations.

Georgetown University announced last week that it will launch a $400,000 slavery reparations fund that will benefit descendants of slaves once owned by the university.

The University of Bristol has hired its first Professor of the History of Slavery, in order to research its ties to the slave trade and whether the university should apologise for its past.

Officials at Georgetown University have yet to decide whether or not they will force students to pay slavery reparations as part of their student fees.

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) contributor Rob Smith — who recently approached Democrat primary presidential candidates to ask for his “reparations” on the spot — joined host Alex Marlow on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily on Friday, where he talked about why he was drawn to conservatism as a black and gay person in America.

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) contributor Rob Smith recently asked 2020 Democrat presidential candidates — the majority of whom have said that they support reparations for slavery — if they would give him his “reparations” right there, on the spot. Zero candidates agreed to pay Smith.

Spiritual guru and 2020 White House hopeful Marianne Williamson released her plan to pay between $200 billion to $500 billion in reparations to descendants of African slaves in the United States.

Author and speaker Marianne Williamson defended her spending plan on slavery reparations in response to a question by CNN’s Don Lemon Tuesday evening during the 2020 Democratic debates, saying any proposal that is “less than $100 billion” is “an insult.”

With all aspects of reparation considered, the estimated total cost could be anywhere between $9 and $17 trillion.

In a recent interview with reporter Nicholas Ballasy, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) signaled her support for reparations for descendants of American slaves, saying “I support any opportunity for restorative justice.”

Testifying Wednesday before a House subcommittee on reparations for slavery, 2020 White Houe hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that the United States has thus far failed to adequately address the “white supremacy that tainted this country’s founding.”

NFL legend and Super Bowl Champion Burgess Owens, does not agree with the Democrats about much. However, he does agree with them about reparations, except he believes the Democrats should be the only ones who have to pay them.

Hollywood actor and left-wing activist Danny Glover on Wednesday testified before Congress that instituting a national policy on reparations for descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States is a “moral, democratic, and economic imperative.”

Addressing the media on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) explained his opposition to reparations for slavery, stating “no one currently alive was responsible for that.”

Only 58 percent of Georgetown University students voted on the resolution that created a “slavery reparations” fund that will be tacked onto tuition costs.

Georgetown University students voted this week in favor of a resolution that will force them to pay an annual slavery reparations fee.

Exactly two-thirds of Americans (66 percent) oppose paying reparations for slavery, while only 21 percent believe it to be a good idea, according to a poll from Rasmussen.

Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) confirmed in a Thursday interview with the New York Times that she supports slavery reparations for American blacks.

Georgetown University students may soon be paying slavery reparations as part of a new student fee.