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The summer of 2020 a lot of folks were asking this question: what should we do? The layered crises of a pandemic, unemployment, and police-sanctioned violence against Black folks left many anxiously searching for some sort of action to take. For a couple of young Black people in Vermont, their action was to try to collect a debt. What resulted was a social experiment with money, focused around a contentious topic: reparations. What happens when you demand white people give up their wealth?
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While the list we discuss in the episode is no longer active, the group who started it has since formed a non-profit to extend their community work – if you’re interested in learning more, follow them on Instagram @wovencollectivevt.
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