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.