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March 24, 2021

Evanston City Council to Pay Housing-Related Reparations in Nationwide First
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In Illinois, the Evanston City Council has agreed to pay Black residents
reparations for historic housing discrimination, making it the first
U.S. city to adopt such a measure. The city will distribute some
$400,000 to up to 16 families to be used toward housing-related costs.
The money comes mostly from a $10 million fund of marijuana tax
revenues. This is Delois Robinson, whose family was subject to the
racist practice of redlining in Evanston.

Delois Robinson: "You know, it kind of deals with your self-esteem. And
so it's a thing of: Am I good enough to be able to stand on my own and
say, 'No, I want property here,' or 'I want to cross the redlining'?"

In related news, earlier this month, Catholic Jesuit priests vowed to
raise $100 million in reparations for descendants of people it forced
into slavery.


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