Ways & Means S5E1: Reparations -- How it Could Happen with Sandy Darity

'When it comes to studying the feasibility of reparations in the U.S., no name is more called upon than Sandy Darity. Darity is a Duke University professor who has studied reparations for over 30 years. “The idea is that wealth begets wealth. That wealth is something that is acquired cumulatively. And so you can either get on the path of accumulation or you can be on the path of decumulation.” Darity argues the current racial wealth gap – in which African Americans, who make up 13% of the national population but hold only 3% of national wealth – can be traced to a series of government policies that denied economic opportunity to African Americans and provided opportunities to many White Americans.' -- Ways & Means Podcast