::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

In 2021,  Evanston, Illinois became the first U.S. city to offer reparations to Black residents for past housing discrimination . A conservative group called Judicial Watch is suing the city accusing them of discriminating on non-Blacks. The program provides up to $25,000 in housing assistance to Black residents who lived in Evanston between 1919 and 1969, as well as their direct descendants.  The program aims to address the harm caused by discriminatory zoning and housing practices that were in place during that time.  As of June 2024, the city has distributed more than $1 million in home improvement benefits and mortgage assistance and intends to pay all verified descendants.  In 2024, staff anticipate disbursing reparations funds to at least 80 direct descendants.  

Georgia Representative Hank Johnson announces Tulsa-Greenwood bill on May 20, 2021. By Mona Austin - NOTE: The "Remember to Rise" event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre has been cancelled, but there are other ways to reflect, learn and pay respect to the lives lost. - Pres. Biden will speak in Tulsa on June 1. (The Slice): Remembrance = respect. This is a conventional thought related to placing flags on the tombstones of deceased military veterans as we look back on the lives of those who served and sacrificed for America through Memorial Day observances. Tomorrow, May 31 will be a different type of "Memorial Day" for Black Americans reflecting on the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacres as events across Oklahoma beckon the nation, not only to remember, but also to reckon with the residual evils of racism. Something else to respect, remember, and think about . . The Tulsa-Greenwood riots have been acknowledged as one of the bl...

(The Slice): The United States of America owes the descendants of slaves back pay. That is the underlying claim at the heart of the "Contract with Black America"(CWBA) presented and proposed by Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson) back in July that is currently under scrutiny. Ice Cube caused a stir when he said if P res. Donald Trump was the one to agree to the plan he could vote for him. The plan lays out demands to politicians/the government designed to advance the social, economic and political interests of Blacks who he sees as powerful economic drivers in American society. The California rapper and businessman said he has worked with Democrats and Republicans in developing his reparation plans centered on racial ineqaulity and says he is open to working with others in an "all hands on deck" approach to push it forth. The Black Community began to question Jackson's allegiance when Trump Adviser Katrina Pierson tweeted at him on Oct. 13: "Sho...