is the concept of reparation, a concept God prescribed in Numbers 5:7, as we saw earlier. We call this kind of reparation restitution, but reparations might also take the form of creating previously unavailable opportunities or closing advantage gaps for those who have suffered marginalization. It might look like a wealthy White man funding a museum to commemorate the slaves, such as Whitney Plantation. It might look like a predominantly White church hiring a preacher of color, just as Gateway Church, my home church in Austin, did. Maybe it looks like a business advancing people of color in
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