Amherst Massachusetts Survey For Reparations  An anonymous survey is being conducted in Amherst to gather residents' views on race and reparations, marking the first time the African Heritage Reparation Assembly is seeking input from a large cross-section of the community to develop specific recommendations on how to address past racial injustices in the town. The survey, which takes less than 10 minutes to complete, is part of the assembly's efforts to develop reparation proposals for people of African heritage in Amherst by the 2020 resolution "Affirming the Town of Amherst's Commitment to End Structural Racism and Achieve Racial Equity for Black Residents." The survey will help determine how the expected $2 million collected over ten years for reparations initiatives should be spent. The report is due to the Town Council by the end of June. It will explore whether residents support a dedicated reparations fund, eligibility criteria for reparations, and options ...

The life path one and natural born leader, Martin Luther King, would want reparations for the nation builders and descendants of those builders who still are under harsh living conditions. The wealth disparities have become just as large, if not larger than what they were in 1968.   " 1968 : Adjusted for inflation, middle-class Black families had an average household wealth of about $6,600 in 1968 compared to around $71,000 in wealth for white middle-class households, according to the Survey of Consumer Finances (a 10.7 times greater amount)."(Adrianna J, Forbes, 2023, para 11).   According to Brian L(2022) " The richest 1% now own 40% of wealth ( Saez and Zucman 2016 ), and the share of households with no or negative wealth is rising ( Keister and Moller 2000 ; Pfeffer and Schoeni 2016 )" (para. 4).  Whether it is workplace discrimination, unjust hiring practices, or lack of being able to go back to school due to financial constraints, the barriers are ...