Speaker 1: Preparations. Hi, I'm Eric Alexander and I'm Whitney Down. No,
Speaker 1: I'm Whitney Dow. Sorry, I'm Eric Alexander and we want
Speaker 1: to tell you about our new podcast, Reparations, The Big Payback.
Speaker 1: You might know Erica from Living Single or Get Out,
Speaker 1: or seeing one of Whitney's documentaries on race, such as
Speaker 1: Two Towns of Jasper or Whiteness Project. Race is the
Speaker 1: most volatile topic in the United States. The legacy of
Speaker 1: slavery is all around us, shaping every aspect of the
Speaker 1: way we live our lives. In this country. Black Americans
Speaker 1: have been systematically excluded from reaping the benefits of their
Speaker 1: citizenship and subject to persecution, discrimination, and worse. When I
Speaker 1: see these photographs of these mobs of white people and
Speaker 1: children at the scene of lynchings, and I wonder what
Speaker 1: is the said being passed on to Those children were
Speaker 1: passed over for jobs, harassed, and even killed by the
Speaker 1: criminal justice system. The police officer who murdered my son
Speaker 1: was getting a sixth figure salary, so he was getting
Speaker 1: rewarded for killing my son. What if reparations could change
Speaker 1: all that. Black people want justice, and part of that
Speaker 1: justice is that you should not be able to come
Speaker 1: and walk by a slave market marker and not be
Speaker 1: moved by it, or at least have to reckon with
Speaker 1: it or see it. We want you to imagine a
Speaker 1: world where there has been atonement for the past, a
Speaker 1: world where reparations are real. We'll take you to the
Speaker 1: first slave market in New York and make the economic
Speaker 1: case for reconciliation. We should get truth, we should get
Speaker 1: some money, and then after we do all that, we
Speaker 1: should have justice for people who have done us wrong.
Speaker 1: And we'll meet people black and white who think reparations
Speaker 1: is a horrible idea, both morally and economically. Some poor family,
Speaker 1: wherever they may be, they need help, but we're not
Speaker 1: going to give them help because their skin color. If
Speaker 1: we were to pay reparations today, we would insult many
Speaker 1: Black Americans by putting a price on the suffering of
Speaker 1: their ancestors. Will explore what reparations might look like in
Speaker 1: practice with some of the world's leading experts. Some folks
Speaker 1: may want checks, but what we're really talking about is
Speaker 1: closing that wealth gap and making people whold go. Behind
Speaker 1: the scenes in Congress, HR Fort is, in fact the
Speaker 1: response of the United States of America long overdue, and
Speaker 1: visit a town in the Midwest that's past. The first
Speaker 1: reparations bill in American history, and just from color from media,
Speaker 1: The Black Effect Podcast Network, and I Heart Radio in
Speaker 1: association with Best Case Studios Reparations The Big Payback, premiering
Speaker 1: February eighteen. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Our