Maybe you've heard that the Democratic Party has shifted to the left?

An interesting upshot of that is now you get to hear the establishment talk about things

that were formerly relegated to discussion in your college polyside class.

Exhibit A, reparations.

Our country will never truly heal until we address the original sin of slavery.

You know, I think we have to do everything that we can to end institutional racism.

The government itself has systematically discriminated against black people.

And he said foundational to reparations is the word repair.

Foundational to repair is the truth.

Presidential candidates are seriously talking about how to make up for slavery in the United States.

And Congress just held a hearing on it for the first time ever.

Black people in America are the descendants of Africans, Kiddap and transported to the United States.

With the explicit complicity of the US government and every arm of the United States lawmaking and law enforcement infrastructure.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is the sponsor of a bill called HR40.

I spoke with her last week.

I think this is a moment in history that reflects the need for an assessment of America's original sin.

And that is the 250 years that Africans were held as slaves in bondage in the United States.

And I really believe that the introduction of HR40 creates a constructive opportunity for America to engage in the reflection and the discussion of race and racism.

Telling about the bill, what will HR40 do?

What it does or what it will do is establish a commission appointed by the President of the United States, the leader of the Senate,

and the Speaker of the House, along with six other scholars and advocates who have been involved in the reparation, study and movement over the years to deal with the digger and de facto impact of racism and a horrible period of slavery.

To be clear here, HR40 is just setting up a committee, a commission that will think about this in a real way that will try and get something done.

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