Providence To Spend Federal Covid Relief Funds To Pay Reparations for Slavery, Discrimination
The Democratic mayor says $10 million of the Rhode Island city’s $124 million windfall from the 2021 American Rescue Plan will be paid out to Black and indigenous residents to address historical wrongs against them by the state’s forefathers.
The city of Providence, Rhode Island, flush with millions of dollars in federal Covid relief like many American cities, will spend $10 million of that money to pay Black and indigenous residents reparations to atone for what it calls centuries of racism and bias.
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