Honoring Sheila Jackson Lee: The Case For A Reparations Commission
How Sheila Jackson Lee championed the fight for equality, and how we can continue her vision.
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Shiela Jackson Lee was known for many accomplishments throughout her long career in Congress. Today, I want to talk about something that Jackson Lee wanted and pushed for several years but never accomplished getting signed into law: a commission to study reparations as a means of healing and justice, as well as acknowledging the historical significance and the ongoing disparities Black Americans face.
As voters and citizens of the United States, no matter what your race or political affiliation, reparations should be seen as a moral responsibility to acknowledge and address the historical injustices and systemic racism faced by Black Americans due to slavery, segregation, and discrimination.
HR 40, introduced by Sheila Jackson Lee, wasn’t a bill to distribute reparations but to form a commission to study them.