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blackbootz  ·  2990 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bernie Sanders and Reparations - The Atlantic

I believe that he doesn't give a specific figure. He just made the argument for reparations--as to what those reparations should be, he refers to a bill that a congressman has been introducing every year since 1989 that would fund a formal study into slavery's effects.