Dr. Bernice King Believes Reparations Are ‘Warranted’

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 27: Dr. Bernice A. King speaks onstage during the dedication ceremony of the Coretta Scott King Peace and Meditation Garden and Monument at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center & National Historic Site on April 27, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

This article is part of The Root Institute 2023 pre-event coverage.

In the second part of our conversation with Dr. Bernice King, the CEO of the King Center said she was ready to talk solutions. In part three, we delve into those solutions... and yes, we’re going to talk reparations. (Checkout: part I, and part II).

Less than a decade ago, the idea that reparations could be a real possibility would have felt inconceivable to many. Now, California, the largest economy in our nation, is seriously considering a reparations proposal. And cities and states across the country have begun the task of working out what reparations for Black Americans could look like for them.

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“Think about COVID,” said Blake. “Americans were fine receiving stimulus checks. But yet, polling is negative about reparations. So that means that there’s a mindset of no, Black people shouldn’t be advanced economically, even though Black folk received stimulus checks as everyone else.”

Despite the hurdles to achieving reparations, Dr. King says she believes that they’re not only warranted but that her late father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., would have supported them. “It’s gonna take a lot work,” she says. “But I do believe that it’s warranted. I think it’s something that my father, without directly using the words, spoke to.”

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