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Scenario

When community organizations must choose between colorblind and race-conscious approaches to reparations

Our community land trust is considering a reparations program that would prioritize Black families for affordable housing, and some longtime members are saying it contradicts our colorblind approach to economic justice. The conversations are getting heated and I'm watching people I've worked with for years suddenly question each other's commitment to equity.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group confronts whether universal principles of fairness can coexist with targeted redress for specific harms.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical case?”

Peri

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