Providence offers reparations to address racism. White people can apply 😡 wtf

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Providence offers reparations to address racism. White people can apply.The city is attempting to rectify its history of discrimination against Black and Native American people through reparations, but half of its White residents could qualifyBy Emmanuel FeltonNovember 29, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. ESTProtesters march to the State House as part of a youth organized Juneteenth demonstration on June 19, 2020, in Providence, R.I. (David Goldman/AP)Providence, R.I., is joining the growing ranks of cities trying to rectify their history of discrimination against Black residents through reparations programs.Mayor Jorge Elorza (D), with Black residents by his side, recently signed a $10 million budget for the Providence Municipal Reparations program. “The radical thing that we did was we put Black voices in the center of city policymaking,” Elorza said in an interview.

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