Compiled by Cynthia Gibson at Ruben Ingold Park in View Park.
Los Angeles
“I think only the Black people that are descendants of enslaved should get reparations. That makes it fair. Otherwise, it’s just giving out money to people because they’re Black and that’s not what this is about.”
Los Angeles
“Every African American in this country should receive some type of compensation for the unjust treatment that we’ve received for the last 400 years.”
Inglewood
“Depends on what the reparations are for. Personally, I’d rather see free college tuition or credit towards a home loan. … No matter how much money you get, it’s not going to last forever.”
Culver City
“The damage is done, but I do think reparations are owed to blacks in this country. … It has to be something and it should go to the Black people whose great-great whoever built this country.”
