For some, reparations for the centuries of harm done to Black Americans can look like affordable housing, investing in disinvested communities, and direct payments to the descendants of chattel slavery.
These were some of the ideas presented during the Big Payback People’s Assembly on Saturday, May 30, in Alt Space’s Austin location.
“Reparations looks like focusing on the root, and so from my perspective, the root is mental health within Black communities, being able to bridge the divide between generations,” said Cassie McNeill, a 31-year-old Woodlawn native, to organizers tabling at Saturday’s assembly…