Local reparations programs face equal-protection challenges and underfunding.

Evidence

While these are all positive developments, there have also been setbacks. For example, a lawsuit was filed against Evanston claiming an equal protection clause violation because the benefits were limited to black Americans. State and local actions are not enough, underscoring the fact that elected officials, city councils, and state legislatures cannot be depended on to completely fund the reparations debt owed to black people. Bruce’s Beach was the rare instance where elected officials accepted responsibility for harm done by previous legislators who bore no relation to them. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 601

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• QUESTION: How does Brown answer the equal-protection argument against race-specific reparations funding? That’s a strong objection needing a response in the brief.

Related

• California’s reparations effort faced a substantial backlash (similarity 0.79)