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Support for a Program to Pay Reparations to Descendants of Slaves Is Gaining Momentum, but Could Come With a $12 Trillion Price Tag
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This spring, Darity and his wife, Kirsten Mullen, made the most comprehensive case for a reparations program in their latest book "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century." They argue a meaningful program to eliminate the existing Black-White wealth gap requires an allocation of between $10 trillion and $12 trillion, or about $800,000 to each eligible Black household. Darrick Hamilton, a professor of public policy at Ohio State University, often speaks about "baby bonds," a form of trust accounts for all newly born children, as a powerful tool to complement reparations.