See The Speech: Howard University Professor Takes This Bold Route To Bypass Taxpayers In A Call For Reparations

Written By BlabberBuzz | Friday, 02 June 2023 09:45 PM
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See The Speech: Howard University Professor Takes This Bold Route To Bypass Taxpayers In A Call For Reparations

A Howard University law professor has petitioned a United Nations tribunal to pay every black American $5 million in reparations, a proposal that would not require taxpayer approval.

Justin Hansford, a leading scholar in Critical Race Theory, addressed the U.N. tribunal in New York City during Friday's Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. The forum will last four days, ending on June 2. Hansford was joined by colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University in his plea that the United States government atone for the sins of slavery and Jim Crow laws.

Hansford, a descendant of slaves from Georgia, said the reparations owed to each person should be determined case-by-case. He said that for some, $5 million might be too low. “I come to you today with a novel proposal, that we begin to think our own thoughts, propose our vision of justice, and implement that justice,” Hansford said.

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Ambassador Linda Thompson-Greenfield, the head of the U.S. mission to the U.N., is a black woman. She did not publicly support the tribunal. Decisions made by the tribunal are not legally binding. According to Hansford, it is just one route to push the federal and state governments to address racial inequalities.

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Reparation task forces and commissions have been popping up all across the country following the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. This month, a task force in California forecasted that reparations to black Americans would cost the state $800 billion, more than twice the state’s budget. The city of San Francisco’s reparations committee has recommended that every black resident be allocated $5 million, as the Associated Press (A.P.) reported.

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For years, academics from Howard University have been active in advocating for reparations. Two years ago, the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University gave free legal advice to the city of Evanston, Illinois, in their efforts to make reparation payments to black residents affected by racist housing policies before 1969. The city became the first in the country to carry out reparations, NBC News reported.

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