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WeekiWater

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 11:20 AM Feb 2019

Democratic hopefuls embrace new meaning of reparations for slave descendants [View all]

Several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing reparations for the descendants of slaves — but not in the traditional sense.

Over the past week, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro spoke of the need for the U.S. government to reckon with and make up for centuries of stolen labor and legal oppression. But instead of backing the direct compensation of African-Americans for the legacy of slavery, the Democratic candidates are talking about using tax credits and other subsidies.


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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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