'U.S. government should pay $14 trillion in reparations to Black Americans, say authors William Darity and Kirsten Mullen
To help close the racial wealth gap, the U.S. government should pay $14 trillion in reparations to Black Americans, according to William A. Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen, authors of “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-
First Century.”
In an interview with CNBC, Darity, a Duke University professor, and Mullen, a folklorist and writer, said the federal government is financially responsible because it was culpable for the enslavement of Black Americans and legal segregation in the United
States. Mullen said “the federal government was party” to both the suppression of the Black vote and in some cases the destruction of Black people’s property.
She added that “the federal government is also the only entity that has the capacity to pay the debt.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/28/reparations-owed-to-black-americans-william-darity-kirsten-mullen.html
U.S. government's total revenue estimate FY 2023: $4.71.
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