WEBVTT - Introducing: Reparations: The Big Payback

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<v Speaker 1>Preparations. Hi, I'm Eric Alexander and I'm Whitney Down. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Whitney Dow. Sorry, I'm Eric Alexander and we want

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you about our new podcast, Reparations, The Big Payback.

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<v Speaker 1>You might know Erica from Living Single or Get Out,

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<v Speaker 1>or seeing one of Whitney's documentaries on race, such as

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<v Speaker 1>Two Towns of Jasper or Whiteness Project. Race is the

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<v Speaker 1>most volatile topic in the United States. The legacy of

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<v Speaker 1>slavery is all around us, shaping every aspect of the

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<v Speaker 1>way we live our lives. In this country. Black Americans

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<v Speaker 1>have been systematically excluded from reaping the benefits of their

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<v Speaker 1>citizenship and subject to persecution, discrimination, and worse. When I

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<v Speaker 1>see these photographs of these mobs of white people and

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<v Speaker 1>children at the scene of lynchings, and I wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>is the said being passed on to Those children were

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<v Speaker 1>passed over for jobs, harassed, and even killed by the

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<v Speaker 1>criminal justice system. The police officer who murdered my son

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<v Speaker 1>was getting a sixth figure salary, so he was getting

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<v Speaker 1>rewarded for killing my son. What if reparations could change

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<v Speaker 1>all that. Black people want justice, and part of that

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<v Speaker 1>justice is that you should not be able to come

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<v Speaker 1>and walk by a slave market marker and not be

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<v Speaker 1>moved by it, or at least have to reckon with

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<v Speaker 1>it or see it. We want you to imagine a

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<v Speaker 1>world where there has been atonement for the past, a

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<v Speaker 1>world where reparations are real. We'll take you to the

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<v Speaker 1>first slave market in New York and make the economic

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<v Speaker 1>case for reconciliation. We should get truth, we should get

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<v Speaker 1>some money, and then after we do all that, we

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<v Speaker 1>should have justice for people who have done us wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll meet people black and white who think reparations

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<v Speaker 1>is a horrible idea, both morally and economically. Some poor family,

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<v Speaker 1>wherever they may be, they need help, but we're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to give them help because their skin color. If

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<v Speaker 1>we were to pay reparations today, we would insult many

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<v Speaker 1>Black Americans by putting a price on the suffering of

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<v Speaker 1>their ancestors. Will explore what reparations might look like in

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<v Speaker 1>practice with some of the world's leading experts. Some folks

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<v Speaker 1>may want checks, but what we're really talking about is

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<v Speaker 1>closing that wealth gap and making people whold go. Behind

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<v Speaker 1>the scenes in Congress, HR Fort is, in fact the

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<v Speaker 1>response of the United States of America long overdue, and

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<v Speaker 1>visit a town in the Midwest that's past. The first

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<v Speaker 1>reparations bill in American history, and just from color from media,

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<v Speaker 1>The Black Effect Podcast Network, and I Heart Radio in

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<v Speaker 1>association with Best Case Studios Reparations The Big Payback, premiering

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<v Speaker 1>February eighteen. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Our