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Scholars, Community Leaders Examine the Racial Wealth Gap at Lender Center ...
Foundation: MetLife Foundation
The idea of reparations for people of color who were victims of slavery and Jim Crow isn't exactly a new one, but Syracuse University is trying to change that.
The school's Lender Center for Social Justice last week hosted a symposium on the racial wealth gap in the US, with activist Edgar Villaneuva as the featured speaker, reports the Post-Standard.
The center, which has been conducting similar symposia and community conversations across the country over the last two years, says that Villaneuva's Decolonizing Wealth Project uses "radical reparative giving" to help black and Native American communities.
The center, which is supported by a $2.7 million grant from the MetLife Foundation, says that Villaneuva's work has led to nine faculty research projects, the creation of three postdoctoral fellowships, and the formation of a racial wealth gap thought leader advisory group of 15 business and community leaders.
The center says that reparations for people of color who were victims of slavery and Jim Crow aren't a new idea, but that it's time for them to be considered.
"It's time for this to be on the national agenda," the center's interim director tells the Syracuse Post-Standard.
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