Kansas City Reparations Redux: Election Question Most Candidates REFUSE To Answer

Our blog community has been discussant this issue since October . . . 

But here's the fun part . . . 

GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR FAVORITE COUNCIL CANDIDATE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT REPARATIONS!!! I'LL WAIT!!!

What you won't hear from most is how they'll vote on the topic that threatens confront council in 2023. 

This is . . . If this council doesn't pass the issue on their way out of the door. 

This week . . . Journalism professor Kraske decided to throw his softballs on the topic in a manner that doesn't ask about politics and instead gets hung up on warm fuzzies . . . Ew . . . 

Ordinance No. 220966, sponsored by Kansas City Council member Melissa Robinson and currently in committee, expresses "apologies on behalf of the City of Kansas City" and establishes an intent to "make amends for its participation in the sanctioning of the enslavement of Black people and any historical enforcement of segregation and accompanying discriminatory practices against Black citizens of Kansas City."

If passed, the ordinance would create a Mayor's Commission on Reparations. Their efforts would focus on five impact areas: economic development, housing (home ownership and affordable housing), health, criminal justice and education.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City Council considers reparations for Black residents

The median household income of Black residents in Kansas City is 62% that of white residents, according to data compiled by the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, and Black residents are unemployed at rates between 1.5 to 2 times higher than white residents.