Reparations activists from a grassroots organization called the U.S.Freedmen Project told Fox News Digital that recent immigrants and non-foundational Black Americans should not be included in government reparations programs."I also think it’s not morally correct, you know? You don't give out remedies to people who haven't experienced the harm," Annette Wilcox, a spokesperson for the group, told Fox News Digital."A lot of these policies — the Commission on Racial Equity in the city, the Mayor’s Office on Equity and Justice — they talk constantly about slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, convict leasing.
All of those things that happened to a specific group of people," Wilcox added."Then, when it comes time to give out resources and remedies, it's going to everybody: underserved communities, POC [people of color], immigrants, marginalized groups.
You’re using one group of people's history to then give remedies to a wider group."The U.S.Freedmen Project, composed of self-identified "Foundational Black Americans," aims to educate the public on the legal and historical distinctions between African Americans who are direct descendants of enslaved people in the U.S.
and those who immigrated to the country voluntarily in recent decades.CHAOS ERUPTS AT NY REPARATIONS HEARING AS ‘FOUNDATIONAL’ BLACK AMERICANS CLASH WITH LEFT-LEANING GROUPSEvanston, Illinois, will issue $25,000 to 44 residents in reparations payments, the City’s Reparations Committee has announced.(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Wilcox reacted sharply to efforts by New Jersey Democrats pushing the state to consider direct reparations proposals that could include residents who are not direct descendants of enslaved people.The proposed legislation — the Truth, Reconciliation, and Repair Act, spearheaded by Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and state Sen.
Angela McKnight — aims to address wealth disparities stemming from historical slavery and systemic discrimination.Info...