An Insider's View of the Trump Senate Acquittal : As a Republican Betrayal

[Assensoh, Akwasi B.]

[Assensoh, Akwasi B.]

RE: REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY?

The White House says it is open to a bipartisan study of proposed reparations to Black Americans for slavery (The Associated Press). Congress is weighing how to approach the issue and a House committee debated a bill on Wednesday that would direct more than a dozen experts to examine how the U.S. government supported slavery from 1619 to 1865 and created laws that discriminated against formerly enslaved people and their descendants (USA Today). Supporters of reparations legislation have more work to do. The House measure, sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has 162 co-sponsors while the Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), has 17. No Republicans have backed the effort. (Published by The Hill of 03/18/2021)

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[kojo]

Dear Professor Assensoh,

Thanks for sharing the piece. Even those of us who are not historians know that the Republicans came up with can only be described as a contorted rationale to let Trump off. Sadly, the descent into authoritarianism is often abetted by "good" people.  

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 7:23 AM Assensoh, Akwasi B. <aass...@indiana.edu> wrote:

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