It’s not just about repairing past harms, the reparations committee chair says, but engaging in a “very current conversation that has historical origins.”
Tinisch Hollins, vice chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, speaks during a rally in support of the recommendations put forward by her committee’s recommendations.
Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleLast week, San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee went before the Board of Supervisors to present its recommendations for repairing the harm done to the Black community.
Will their report lead to action? Reparations committee chair Eric McDonnell reflects on the supervisors’ professed support, and Chronicle columnist Justin Phillips analyzes where the city will likely go from here with host Laura Wenus.