My spouse and I are white and considering paying reparations taxes to Black organizations, but we can't agree on how much we can afford versus how much we should sacrifice, and the conversation keeps revealing uncomfortable truths about our different relationships to money and guilt. We want to act on our values but we're stuck on the practical and emotional complexity.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that deciding how much to sacrifice for justice reveals fundamental differences in their relationships to money, guilt, and moral obligation.
“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical and economic case?”
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