‘We Are In An Era of Repair’: One Reparations Advocate Reflects On Juneteenth – WBEZ (Chicago)

Robin Rue Simmons, a former Evanston alderman, is perhaps at the vanguard of one fight for racial justice. Rue Simmons, whose term ended in May, led Evanston’s effort to implement reparations.She spoke with WBEZ’s Odette Yousef about how, on this Juneteenth holiday, she is thinking about the groundbreaking work she has embarked on.
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BB
4 years ago

Robin is a joke! LOL Have fun E town with those taxes. HAHA

The True Believer
4 years ago

Blm must be destroyed by any means necessary. This is the real domestic terrorism, not the phony white supremacy mantra. And the Juneteenth holiday is a joke. They celebrated in Chicago by carjacking and killing each other.

Streeterville
4 years ago

Enabling more self-pity, via “reparations” SJW rhetoric, rather than espousing fundamental need for self-reliance (not more hand-outs and freebies) and self-improvement (education and employment) fails to productively advocate for its supposed constituency.

ProzacPlease
4 years ago

Evanston will rot in the toxic stew these people have created. As conditions get worse, they will blame racism as they always do. The demands will never end.

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