LEGAL LIMITATIONS: Brad Branham, attorney for the City of Asheville, said it’s easier to create race-based programs with private funds than the public financing behind the Community Reparations Commission. Photo by Greg Parlier As a June deadline looms, recommendations from Asheville’s reparations commission are coming fast and furious, though support is not unanimous among its members.
The Community Reparations Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County passed three education-centric recommendations May 13, adding to the four endorsed earlier this month, informing how the city and county can make amends for generations of discrimination toward Black residents.
At the meeting, Dwight Mullen also […]
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