Evanston has about 74,000 residents, of whom about 18%, about 13,000 are black.
If this tax generates $500,000 per year, that would be about $38 per year for each black resident.
I can’t help but wonder, what sorts of “investments in black Evanston”, the councilman was thinking of. Public housing? Midnight basketball? Gang abatement programs of some sort?
If this tax generates $500,000 per year, that would be about $38 per year for each black resident.
before reparations are payed, the recipient must provide genealogical proof of ancestral slavery. Any person with Caucasian, Asian or American Indian genes are not eligible for the payment.
Free hoodies.
Lining the pockets of the Aldermen?