{"id":2205989,"date":"2024-03-25T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-reparations-group-calls-on-white-churches-and-the-city-to-pay-billions-to-black-residents\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:55:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:55:56","slug":"boston-reparations-group-calls-on-white-churches-and-the-city-to-pay-billions-to-black-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-reparations-group-calls-on-white-churches-and-the-city-to-pay-billions-to-black-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston reparations group urges white churches and the city to pay billions to black residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-reparations-group-calls-on-white-churches-and-the-city-to-pay-billions-to-black-residents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Activists in Boston call for $15 billion in reparations for slavery from the city and &#8220;white churches&#8221; to combat institutional racism. Clergy leaders present the proposal at a news conference, urging financial restitution and truth-telling. The group seeks Mayor Michelle Wu&#8217;s support for the reparations\u200b plan, divided into cash payments, financial investments, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-wallens-mother-praises-cpac-for-playing-sons-music-links-candace-owens-blexit-foundation\/\" title=\"Morgan Wallen\u2019s Mother Praises CPAC For Playing Son\u2019s Music, Links Candace Owens\u2019 BLEXIT Foundation\">educational initiatives<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-public-schools-must-now-consider-race-gender-identity-when-disciplining-students\/\" title=\"Portland Public Schools must now take into account race and gender identity when disciplining students\">address \u200bracial disparities<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Activists in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Boston\">Boston<\/a> are asking for $15 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/reparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reparation\">reparations<\/a> for slavery from the city and \u201cwhite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"churches\">churches<\/a>.\u201d Clergy leaders and the Boston People\u2019s Reparations Commission made the announcement about their proposal to combat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/institutional-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"institutional racism\">institutional racism<\/a> in a news conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we call upon this city, its financiers, and its white churches to stop the shirking, stop the lying, tell the truth, and pay what is owed,\u201d the Rev. John Gibbons of Arlington Street Church in Boston <a href=\"https:\/\/whdh.com\/news\/boston-peoples-reparations-commission-calls-on-churches-to-atone-pay-reparations-to-citys-black-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> at the press conference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the white church in Boston to join us in supporting a black reparations movement,\u201d Rev. Kevin Peterson, founder of New Democracy Coalition, said.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe demand from Mayor Wu full monetary compensation for wages and lost lives through slavery and anti-black institutional oppression. Today, we call on a full and robust reparations process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-hawley-to-face-secretive-senate-ethics-committee-panel\/\" title=\"Cruz, Hawley To Face \u2018Secretive\u2019 Senate Ethics Committee Panel\">group demanded<\/a> that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu support their proposal for $15 billion in reparations for the descendants of enslaved people. They proposed that the fund would be split three ways: $5 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-push-for-another-round-of-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Economists Push for Another Round of Stimulus Checks\">direct cash payments<\/a> to black Boston residents, a $5 billion investment in new financial institutions, and $5 billion to address the racial educational achievement gap between black people and white people, along with supporting anti-violence measures.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson <a href=\"https:\/\/whdh.com\/news\/boston-peoples-reparations-commission-calls-on-churches-to-atone-pay-reparations-to-citys-black-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> said, \u201cMany of the well-known white churches in downtown Boston are connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walker-and-others-say-no-to-slavery-reparations\/\" title=\"Herschel Walker And Others Say No To Slavery Reparations\">slave trade<\/a> and the proliferation of what was a \u2018slavetocracy\u2019 in our city.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe point to them in Christian love to publicly atone for the sins of slavery, and we ask them to publicly commit to a process of reparations where they will extend their great wealth, tens of millions of dollars among some of those churches, into the black community,\u201d Peterson added.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous religious leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/25\/us-news\/boston-reparations-lobbyists-call-on-white-churches-to-pay-billions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> signed a letter to several Boston churches seeking support for reparations. The letter was sent to Arlington Street Church, Trinity Church, Old South Church in Back Bay, and King\u2019s Chapel demanding reparations. <\/p>\n<p>Researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/nbcmontana.com\/news\/nation-world\/boston-activists-demand-reparations-from-local-white-churches-kevin-peterson-peoples-reparations-commission-new-england-michelle-wu-massachusetts-clergy-slave-trade-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"found\">found<\/a> that King\u2019s Chapel, a 17th-century church, had been connected to slavery in its history, with 32% of the institution\u2019s funding coming from known slave owners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peterson said the payments would \u201cmake right the wrongs perpetuated on Boston\u2019s black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Boston City Council and Wu offered an apology for the city\u2019s trans-Atlantic slave trade. They also established a Reparations Task Force in 2022 through a city ordinance to provide the mayor reparative justice recommendations. In January this year, Boston named their Reparations Task Force\u2019s research teams, comprised of historians and researchers examining the city\u2019s role in slavery back to 1620 and its impact on descendants.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston activists seek $15 billion in slavery reparations from city and &#8220;white churches&#8221; to address institutional racism. The proposal was revealed by clergy leaders and the Boston People\u2019s Reparations Commission at a news conference. They urge the city, its financiers, and white churches to participate in rectifying historical injustices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2205990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iStock-1318498070-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iStock-1318498070-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}