b'POLITICSWhat Would Reparations Look Like? By Sheila Smith Betweenthe1920sand1970s, Native American tribes were paid rep-arations. R eparationsareacomplicatedIn1988,PresidentRonaldReagan issuethatisbeingraisedagainsigned the Civil Liberties Act providing by former governor of Colorado, John$1.2billiontoJapaneseAmericans Hickenlooper, who is now running forinvolvedinWorldWarIIandapolo-the office of President in 2020. gized to them."How do people figure that out? YouOnly in 1994, did the state of Florida havetostudyit.Itcouldbedeeplyprovide$2.1millionforsurvivorsof divisive," he said and agreed that thethose blacks massacred in thetown goalwouldbetobringthecountryof Rosewood back in the 1923.togetherbutcouldbecomeawedgeHowever, nothing has been done on even more. a wide-scale national level.Letsgetitonthetableanddis- In2017,Rep.JohnConyersrein-cussed.HavetheSenateandHousetroducedthebillonaCommission doastudy.PeoplemightfreakouttoStudyandDevelopReparation andsayitsnotAmericanandwereProposals for African Americans Act, not going to do it.But I wouldnt bewhich was originally proposed in the surprised if the House and Senate sayHousebackin1989-thebillcon-thisisoverdue.Itshardtopredicttinuestobereintroducedbutgoes where it will go nowhere.When you look at the history of repa- Hickenlooper was in Denver during rations payments shows there werenthiscampaignforpresidentandwas many made to African Americans afterendorsed by the Greater Metro Denver slavery. Ministerial Alliance.BODY OF CHRIST NEWS MAY 2019 7'