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Let’s make one thing perfectly clear about reparations: before you can support a resolution that calls for a commission to study the issue of slavery reparations for black citizens, you must first believe that today’s black Americans experienced slavery firsthand. There is no way around it. No one can make an honest argument in favor of the resolution that recently passed the Democrat-controlled Winston-Salem City Council (a 7-1 vote) unless they honestly believe that today’s black Americans lived in slavery between the 17th and 19th centuries. Republican council-member Robert Clark was...

Forsyth County Commissioner Don Martin, a Republican, says he can’t see voting in favor of a resolution apologizing for past discrimination of Black people, nor supporting the concept of reparations. Democratic County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin likes the idea, and thinks one form reparations could take locally might be support for scholarships to Forsyth Technical Community College or Winston-Salem State University. Both commissioners talked about the topic in the wake of last week’s passage by the Winston-Salem City Council of a resolution apologizing for the city’s role in ...

Forsyth County Commissioner Don Martin, a Republican, says he can’t see voting in favor of a resolution apologizing for past discrimination of Black people, nor supporting the concept of reparations. Democratic County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin likes the idea, and thinks one form reparations could take locally might be support for scholarships to Forsyth Technical Community College or Winston-Salem State University. Both commissioners talked about the topic in the wake of last week’s passage by the Winston-Salem City Council of a resolution apologizing for the city’s role in ...

The Winston-Salem City Council approved a resolution on Monday apologizing for the city’s role in slavery and discrimination against Black people. Passage came on a 7-1 vote, with Council Member Robert Clark casting the only vote against the measure. “We are hoping to clear some minds and hearts and hopefully get Winston-Salem on the right pages of history,” said Council Member D.D. Adams, who made the motion to adopt the resolution. In addition to the racism and slavery apology on the city’s behalf, the resolution: *Apologizes for the city’s role in past urban renewa...

Watch now: Annette Scippio recalls life in Winston-Salem’s Black business district before urban renewal in the 1960s The Winston-Salem City Council is poised to apologize for its role in slavery and post-slavery discrimination against Black people. Along with the apology, the city is expected to back passage of a bill in the U.S. Congress that would study and make recommendations for reparations that would be paid to the descendants of slaves. The council will consider the apology and reparations resolution on Monday during its regular meeting, which will be held online starting at 7 p.m...