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Marianne Williamson for President
Marianne Williamson for President
"Reparations – An Idea Whose Time
Has Come" +
:60 TV ad from Oct. 30, 2019 run in SC.
opens with audio from the
Daily Show...
Trevor Noah: One
of the bigger issues that has really resonated
with many people
from the debates is the issue in and around reparations.
Williamson:
Yes.
Trevor Noah:
This has
been one of your core issues. Why?
Williamson: I've
been
talking about this since my book came out in 1997. The first
enslaved persons are brought over in 1619, slavery not abolished until
1865. That's 250 years, followed by another hundred years of
institutionalized violence against black people.
That's 350 years of institutionalized violence. That's longer than
this country has been in existence.
Paying reparations for slavery will not fix everything. But
America will not have the future that we want if we're not willing to
clean up the past, to clean up this original character defect of
racism.
Whatever it costs, it's time to do this.
I'm Marianne Williamson, and I approve this message.
Notes: From the Oct. 30
press release...
Williamson Debuts First
Television Ad:
Reparations - An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Marianne Williamson, Democratic candidate for President, released
her first television commercial. It will begin airing today, Wednesday,
October 30th. The 60-second commercial entitled Reparations -
An Idea Whose Time Has Come centers on the issue
of reparations for
American descendants of slaves.
The commercial is debuting in South Carolina.
Her
plan
is here: The Reparations Plan.
Williamson has advocated for reparations for slavery
since the
1990’s and was the
first
candidate in this presidential primary season to make it a pillar
of her campaign. Williamson has
proposed
a “Reparations Commission”
to
guide the way, dispersing $200-500 billion over ten years to promote
education, infrastructure, and projects dedicated to African American
communities.