The Asheville City Council has approved a reparations resolution for Black residents and formally apologized for the local government's historic role in slavery and racist and discriminatory policies.
The City Council unanimously approved a resolution apologizing for the local government's historic role in slavery and for participating in racist and discriminatory policies that have led to oppression.The City Council unanimously approved a resolution apologizing for the local government's historic role in slavery and for participating in racist and discriminatory policies that have led to oppression.
A sin for which the City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to repent by taking up the issue of reparations for Black residents.apologizing for the local government's historic role in slavery and for participating in racist and discriminatory policies that have led to the continued oppression of Black people.
"The blood capital that we have banked to spend today to fight for significant change came predominantly not from our allies but from Black men, women and children who died," Councilman Keith Young, one of two Black council members and the measure's chief proponent,The resolution also aims to address more recent systemic issues of segregation and exclusion.
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