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Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, have made an unprecedented pledge to pay reparations to black residents and their descendants as an apology for the city's historic role in slavery and discrimination.

The Asheville City Council unanimously passed a resolution that aims to bolster the economic standing of the roughly 12,400 black people living in the city during a Zoom session on Tuesday night.

'Hundreds of years of black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today,' said Councilman Keith Young, the measure's chief proponent and one of the two black members of the council, according to the Asheville Citizen Times.

It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country are dealing with issues that are systemic in nature.'

The resolution - which came in the wake of weeks of intense local protests against racism - does not mandate direct payments but instead calls for investments in housing, health care and career growth in areas where black residents face disparities.

It includes the creation of a Community Reparations Commission that will make concrete recommendations on programs and resources used.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...-residents.html

And so it begins...