Kamala Harris Says Reparations for Black Americans Deserve Review
Akayla Gardner and Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg, October 15, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris said financial reparations for Black Americans need to be studied, while touting her own economic agenda as one which would help build up intergenerational wealth in the community.
“On the point of reparations, it has to be studied, there’s no question about that,” Harris said Tuesday in response to a question during an audio town hall with radio host Charlamagne tha God, part of a broad campaign effort to ramp up her outreach to Black male voters.
Harris used the question to pivot to her own economic agenda, touting measures she said would expand access to financial capital to Black entrepreneurs and steps to help make it easier to aid homebuyers. In the interview, she also touted efforts to bolster community banks that provide service to historically underserved groups.
“My agenda is about tapping into the ambitions and the aspirations, knowing that folks want to have an opportunity — if they want — should have a meaningful opportunity to build wealth, including intergenerational wealth,” Harris said.
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