Chicago Mayor Johnson Says Black People Don’t Have Access to Highways, Nutritious Food, Healthcare, Housing or Jobs So He’s Using $500K in Taxpayer Dollars to ‘Research’ Reparations

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JOHNSON: “The disinvestment in our communities had been intentional. And of course, that's why it's imperative that is now the time to deliver good on reparations for people of Chicago, and particularly black people of the city of Chicago. (Cheering and Applause) Because even as I stand here today, as mayor, the legacy of slavery in the aftermath still echoes today. We saw it when previous administration sold off public assets. We saw the harm when previous administrations closed black schools, and they shut down public housing, when they raided the pensions, these anti-black, anti-business endeavors that have caused tremendous harm and pain. But it's a new day. In fact, we are standing on the shoulders of one of the great leaders of the city, Dorothy Tillman, who laid the foundation, the groundwork, to ignite a movement for reparations. (Applause) It was Dorothy Tillman that introduced me to Dr. Claud Anderson, 'Black Labor, White Wealth,' and it is why my administration is committed to driving reparations home. And we're going to invest a half a million dollars into the study of restoration and reparations for the city of Chicago so that we can begin to move in the direction of complete liberation.”