Evanston can’t end discrimination lawsuit over black ‘reparations’ – Legal Newsline

In the ruling, Kness specifically rejected the city's attempts to claim the white plaintiffs can't sue because they never actually attempted to apply for payment through the program, which the city had made clear was limited only to people who are black.
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Jerry
7 months ago

Next steps: repeal single-family zoning in Evanston and encourage multi-family arrangements. Attract more residents who deserve reparations to compensate for the sins of those who did what the laws permitted through the 1850’s. Attempts to override those laws generally failed so lots of American and Confederate lives were spent getting rid of slavery. Prejudice persisted and continued [via the KKK and James Crow] even after LBJ enacted JFK’s civil rights laws. We are still a far-from-perfect union. If Evanston residents really want to set things right, they should welcome and facilitate new residents plus vote for higher property taxes to… Read more »

Mark F
7 months ago

Evanston politicians obviously believe in the concept of two wrongs make a right!

Anita
7 months ago

Hi want reparations ? Go to Africa and find the Black slave traders who sold black slaves and get your reparations from them !!

Mark F
7 months ago
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Someone needs to write a book on African slavery called the “1519 Project.” The results a book like that would not look good to anybody.

Tommy Paine
7 months ago

Mark my words, a leftist Democratic appointed appeals court judge will overturn this based on this judge’s ruling that because white people didn’t apply for it.

failed jogger
7 months ago

the achilles heel of leftist ,unintended consequences, they never learn…

Call my shrink
7 months ago

Oh yeah. The great reparations wars have begun. Every nationality that came here was persecuted at some point. Now Evanston will have explain why one group should get it and no one else. That mayoral picture was taken before the ruling i bet

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