North Carolina’s Asheville City Council apologized for its role in slavery and racial discrimination, voting unanimously to provide reparations in the form of community investments to help Black residents. The reparations will not provide direct cash payments, as some have suggested, but will provide investments in housing, health care and career growth in Black neighborhoods. Councilwoman Shaneika Smith, who is Black, said the council had gotten emails from those "asking, 'Why should we pay for what happened during slavery?'" The resolution calls on the city to create a Community Reparations Commission to make concrete recommendations of where to funnel programs and resources. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP“We don't want to be held back by these gaps," Kapoor said.

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 17:02 UTC