Chief of Race, Wealth and Community for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad talks about the foundations of wealth inequality from when early settlers needed cheap labor, thus creating racial inequality to justify enslavement of workers. His recent report, “From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality” discusses how states are looking toward reparations.

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