The steps taken by the city council and mayor did not include language to make immediate. The resolution signed by mayor esther manheimer directs the city to create a community reparations commission made up of advocacy groups businesses and community leaders that will issue recommendations on how eventual compensation may be distributed to black residents according to abc news. The asheville city council voted 7.
Asheville a small city in western north carolina has voted to pay reparations to black residents as the us continues to grapple with stark racial inequality. Hundreds of years of black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today said councilman keith. The 7 0 vote came the night of july 14.
Asheville in an extraordinary move the city council has apologized for the city s historic role in slavery discrimination and denial of basic liberties to black residents and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants. A north carolina city made the historic move to pay black residents reparations on july 14 a unanimous vote came through from asheville north carolina s city council. In a historic move the city council of asheville north carolina voted unanimously to approve a reparations resolution for black residents.
On july 14th in the middle of a national reckoning around racial justice the asheville north carolina city council unanimously voted to approve reparations for its black residents. The resolution officially apologizes for slavery and segregation. The asheville city council passed a resolution supporting reparations for black residents calling on the state to do the same.
Virus numbers by state wear this to be safe. The asheville city council said it will provide reparations for black residents for historic wrongs including slavery and discrimination. North carolina city to apologize for slavery pay reparations to black residents the city of asheville n c has voted to apologize and pay reparations for its participation in the past.
The city asheville n c will provide funding to programs geared toward increasing homeownership and business and career opportunities for black residents as part of a reparations initiative.
