Yaba Blay: ‘There Aren’t Enough Reparations in the World that You Can Pay Us’

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BLAY: “Let me say something else. Because again, I told you I'm an independent people's worker, I'm happy that your people want to give me their money, and they want to support me. I'll take it. Thank you. Thank you. Trust me, thank you. But at the same time, when we start talking about intersectionality, which is white supremacy, which is gender, which is capitalism, Americans, white people, I need you to know that your money will not assuage you from your guilt. You cannot pay your way out of this. There aren't enough reparations in the world that you can pay us. And so you think because you write a check, or you slide me something in Venmo, that you're absolved and you can tell somebody 'Well, I gave Dr. Blay $100, I'm not racist. Dr. Blay is going to spend your $100 and still tell you that you're racist. Thank you.”