Reparations Have… Come? In North Carolina, Yes and No

In a unanimous vote of 7–0, the city of Asheville, N.C. voted during a council meeting on July 14th approving a reparations resolution for Black residents which account for 12 percent of the city — 83 percent of the city is white.

James R. Sanders
The Baldwin
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4 min readJul 16, 2020

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Protest Rally for Reparations, Getty Images

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James R. Sanders
The Baldwin

Culture + Fashion Journalist. Author of forthcoming, Reparations for Style & Soul. Twitter @JamesRSanders