Racial Justice Action from your UUFH Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) Team
Check out their website and see if any of their activities interest you. www.uuare.org
Reparations
| Today’s video and articles assess reparations as a tool for creating a more equitable society and repairing the significant harm that has been done to people of color. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, whom you may have seen in the news in the last year, expertly explains some of the history of Black economic inequality and emphasizes the need for actual wealth transfers (i.e., a form of reparations) to create real change. The other two articles detail the larger structure and scope of reparations; in particular, a comprehensive reparations plan to require honesty, an accurate understanding of history, a redistribution of wealth, and other forms of restitution for the historical and ongoing stealing from Black Americans. For some bonus material, we’ve posted an update on Nikole Hannah-Jones’ struggle to gain tenure at UNCA on our Facebook group page. |
WE CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE…
| Read this article about the reality of wealth concentration amongst .01% of families in America, all of whom are white, which evidences the need for a process of truth-telling and redistribution of wealth through reparations. |
| Watch this conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to hear her discuss the realities of economic injustices in the United States, the need for white people to confront the evidence of compounding and continual Black disadvantage, and the need for actual wealth transfers to close the wealth gap. |
| Read this article to learn about the real, systemic evidence of injustice (and theft) against Black Americans and the importance of understanding restitution (via reparations) as a way to achieve justice. |
MEETING & FORUM SCHEDULES
Social Justice and Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) Teams are now meeting in joint session. The sessions are scheduled at 1 pm on the first Wednesday of each month;
UPDATE: Due to rising Covid-19 counts, we are returning to the ZOOM only virtual format.
All are welcome to attend; these meetings are your chance to provide input and contribute to our UUFH justice efforts. Contact Charlotte Corrigan for more information – i.e., agenda, prior minutes, Zoom link – if you would like to participate.
The monthly RACIAL JUSTICE FORUM series will resume in the fall.