Greenbelt Passes Referendum To Study Reparations

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Voters successful a Maryland metropolis person passed a referendum to found a committee to survey reparations for African American and Native American residents.

The referendum asked Greenbelt residents if they wanted the metropolis to found a 21-member assembly to review, sermon and marque recommendations related to section reparations. It passed with a ballot of 1,522 to 910 connected Tuesday, according to metropolis spokeswoman Chondria Andrews.

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The thought was projected by Mayor Colin Byrd and the metropolis assembly voted successful August to enactment the referendum connected the ballot, quality outlets report. Byrd has said that reparations could reverse harm to families of colour and trim the radical wealthiness gap.

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The metropolis successful the Washington, D.C, suburbs is 1 of 3 planned communities created arsenic portion of the New Deal to supply enactment and affordable homes, but national laws prohibited Black radical from buying homes. The metropolis has grown to 23,000 residents, with astir 47 percent identifying arsenic Black oregon African American, according to census data.

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