reparations

Example Sentences

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More than 60 years later, the payment is part of a larger reparations effort by the city of Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times

Haiti became the world’s first and only country in which the descendants of enslaved people paid reparations to the descendants of their masters, for generations.

From New York Times

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dismissed a call for the government to apologise and pay reparations for the UK's historic role in slavery.

From BBC

As a result, reparations and the Black Lives Matter movement were listed only as optional research topics.

From Washington Post

After facing criticism for removing topics including the Black Lives Matter and slavery reparations movements, the College Board announced it will be making changes to its new Advanced Placement African American studies course.

From Seattle Times