Reparations and the History of Economic Injustice: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Robert Reich

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich sits down with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and creator of the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones. They discuss the United States' long and violent history of racial economic oppression, how the effects of that history are still felt today in everything from housing to education to wealth, the case for reparations, and what's preventing reparative policies from being enacted. Nikole Hannah-Jones is an investigative journalist and staff writer for The New York Times. She has previously written for The Oregonian and ProPublica, where she covered civil rights and documented redlining and housing discrimination. Hannah-Jones is the creator of the NYT's 1619 Project, a collection of essays, poems, short fiction, and photo essays that re-examines the roots and legacy of slavery, from America’s founding to present day. You can read her latest piece here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... 00:00 Welcome! 4:08 Black reparations and the Black wealth gap 6:23 White guilt - Let’s talk about it! 13:57 Redlining, the wealth gap, lack of access to college and the history of oppression that continues today 17:14 Over half of Black adults are unemployed due to Covid 19. What do we do now? 19:53 What's in store for the future of the BLM movement? There's reason to have hope for this multiracial movement.