
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
2020-02-20 · 17 min · Not rated
A struggling black college grad wakes up to find that reparations have finally been paid to descendants of slaves in America. With this new found capital, they will decide how best to spend their reparations, totaling a mere $16,000. Receiving reparations opens up old wounds of slavery, Jim Crow, and systematic oppression.
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- Symone Baptiste
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David GborieDavid
Francesca FiorentiniNews Reporter
Chris EstradaDom
Ify NwadiweIfy
Alice WetterlundHiring Manager
Kate ComerCommercial Host
Josh FademTom
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