Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Supports Reparations for Black Americans
(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Now-Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was previously running for president as a Democrat, has come out in support of reparations for black Americans.
The controversial policy is intended to make up for slavery.
A section of his campaign website on “Civil Rights” and “Racial Healing” said that we “must” set aside federal tax dollars for “black infrastructure.”
“Communities that were specifically targeted for destruction need to be specifically targeted for repair,” Kennedy states on his campaign website. “During Jim Crow, Black banks, businesses, hospitals, schools, and farms were targeted for destruction. Racists knew that without these, the Black community had no chance of building wealth. We must set federal dollars aside to rebuild Black infrastructure.”
In a second paragraph,
