Political will, not design, is the real obstacle to reparations

Evidence

The technical details, frankly, are the easier part. The real obstacle, the obstacle we have never overcome, is garnering the political will—convincing enough Americans that the centuries-long forced economic disadvantage of Black Americans should be remedied, that restitution is owed to people who have never had an equal chance to take advantage of the bounty they played such a significant part in creating. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1383