Dr. Phil's recent remarks on a proposal by Duke University's William A. Darity Jr. that every Black descendant of slavery should receive $350,000 as cash reparations have sparked a heated debate on social media. Darity believes such reparations would help address the massive wealth gap between Black and white people, which he estimates at around $840,000 ( Darity , 2021).  " In the U.S. today, the richest 1 percent of households owns 37 percent of all wealth." ( Shapiro , 2013) On the other hand, Dr. Phil disagrees, arguing that disbursing such a large sum of money to any group of people, irrespective of their race or socioeconomic status, would be an "absolute disaster."   The issue with Dr. Phil's comment is that it falsely ass umes a future outcome . One thing we all need to learn about the future is that it is not 100% clear/certain. Other nationalities that have been paid reparations know what's it like even to have the option to dec...

Bronx Family Calls For Justice   A woman named Karen Ivery caused a scene at a Target store in Ohio when she demanded reparations from the store's manager while checking out her $1,000 grocery bill. The police report stated that Ivery repeatedly brought up the topic of reparations and became increasingly angry and aggressive toward the manager. A loss prevention officer, Zach Cotter, tried to calm her down, but she followed him to his office and forced her way in. A surveillance video showed Cotter punching Ivery in the face, causing her to fall to the floor. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Police arrived at the scene and arrested Ivery, who compared her situation to Rosa Parks and did not want to explain her actions to the officers. The Detroit Reparations  Plan Detroit has formed a committee to address reparations and looked to other cities across the country for inspiration. However, some Detroit civil rights leaders are doubtful about the committee's ability to ac...

  On Thursday, the Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, announced a state of emergency and deployed 1,000 National Guard troops in response to ongoing violent demonstrations in Atlanta after a shooting occurred near a disputed law enforcement training site, resulting in injury to a state trooper and death of a man. The emergency measure will remain in place until February 9 unless extended by the Governor. The footage of the police encounter that resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis will be available to the public on Friday evening. The decision to release the video is in the hands of the City of Memphis. The officers involved in the incident, which led to Nichols' beating and death, have been arrested and held in the Shelby County Jail. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith were all fired from the Memphis Police Department last Friday in connection to Nichols' death, which occurred during a traffic stop in January.  ...