As Democratic candidates running for president are being asked to weigh in on reparations for slavery — the idea that the United States would give restitution, in some form or another, to African-American descendants of slaves — a few questions keep popping up.
Why now? How would it work? Who thinks it’s appropriate, and who doesn’t?
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Thomas Craemer, an associate professor of public policy at UConn, stops by Capitol Watch to talk about his research into reparations and how growing up in Germany shaped his thinking.
