WUNC 91.5: “Durham is showing what providing reparations for slavery could look like by actually trying to do it.
The city’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $6 million that will go toward green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods. Durham intends to allocate money every year going forward.
Mayor Steve Schewel says he wants to see the reparations efforts at the city level replicated on a national scale.
“I think, locally, what we can do is we can do things that are reparative,” Schewel said. “And we do that every day in our work in the city. But that’s different from really having a program of reparations. And I think that’s an important distinction.”
Asheville is setting another example, separately, committing $2.1 million toward funding reparations about two weeks ago. Durham and Asheville are among 11 U.S. cities attempting to provide reparations.”