# Reparations that I can get behind **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 7, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-that-i-can-get-behind/941599 "2021-05-07T16:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-that-i-can-get-behind/941599/1 "2021-05-07T16:03:00Z")
I’ve generally been dubious at the call for racial (or slavery) reparations. I support the goal (reducing racial economic disparity) but I just don’t see how it could work pragmatically. Recently NPR’s Market Place did a [segment on private reparations](https://www.marketplace.org/2021/04/29/reparations-fund-will-help-black-women-build-houses-and-wealth/) that I really liked. The money supported a project similar to Habitat for Humanity but focused on inner city black women. I really like this program; it’s not giving out cash but instead applying the money directly to creating housing equity. The equity disparity is one of the very real legacies of slavery/racism. The program doesn’t just help the ones who get new homes but also raises the values of property around them. (Which could open a discussion of what gentrification means.) I’m sure someone could point out a negative of the program but overall I like it. The reparations from the story are funded privately. I’m not sure how well it would scale if the government got involved but at least for now it’s a start. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-that-i-can-get-behind/941599/2 "2021-05-09T18:53:51Z")
If it makes you happy, then go for it, sure. Works for me.