Tell Asheville and Buncombe County: Reparations Must Be Explicitly Directed to Black People
Lawyers representing Asheville and Buncombe County have been telling the Community Reparations Commission (CRC) that they shouldn’t direct recommended resources and programming specifically at Black people.
This completely contradicts the Reparations Resolutions that both the City of Asheville and Buncombe County passed in 2020, which specifically promised reparations to Black people in this region because of the well-documented harms local government had perpetuated.
The City and County need to reaffirm their commitment to reparations for Black people. If Black people remain the intended beneficiaries of reparations, the City and County need to make a definitive public statement that affirms that.
Click on the link below for an email template you can use - it only takes a few minutes to add your voice to ours.