GUEST OPINION
Reparations. Finally.
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Financial compensation for four centuries of government-sanctioned white supremacy would be an admission of responsibility and a beginning point for healing.
Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/category/guest-opinion/page/5/)
Financial compensation for four centuries of government-sanctioned white supremacy would be an admission of responsibility and a beginning point for healing.
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