Reparations have been a topic of discussion since the end of slavery and have recently gained more attention in the political discourse. Several municipalities in the United States are addressing the legacy of slavery with reparations and taking a variety of approaches. Dr. Rashawn Ray, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, argues that land should be an essential component of reparations paid out to African Americans.  Seven places across the country where the issue of reparations is being taken up by task forces are San Francisco, Evanston, Illinois, Detroit, St. Paul, Minn., Asheville, North Carolina, Providence, Rhode Island, and Amherst, Massachusetts.  These municipalities are researching the scope of what reparations could look like, considering the economic damage done to Black communities by systemic racism and coming up with a report with recommendations in the near future. Reparations have been a long-standing issue in American political discourse, with proponents arg