{"id":8245,"date":"2022-11-28T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:26","slug":"black-and-white-americans-are-far-apart-in-their-views-of-reparations-for-slavery","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/11\/28\/black-and-white-americans-are-far-apart-in-their-views-of-reparations-for-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White Americans are far apart in their views of reparations for slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Discussions about atonement for the enslavement of Black Americans have a long history in the United States<\/a>, and efforts toward reparations for slavery and racial discrimination have moved forward in some places in recent years. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, became the first U.S. city<\/a> to create a reparations plan for its Black residents, and California that year set up the nation\u2019s first state-level reparations task force<\/a>. Earlier this year, Harvard University created a $100 million \u201cLegacy of Slavery\u201d fund<\/a> to allow scholars and students to examine the university\u2019s connections to slavery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans view the prospect of reparations mostly negatively, a 2021 Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found. Three-in-ten U.S. adults say descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way, such as given land or money. About seven-in-ten (68%) say these descendants should not be repaid.<\/p>\n\n\n

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