But it’s telling that even Barack Obama, America’s first black president, did not publicly pursue, propose, or endorse any reparations policy during his two terms in office. In a 2016 interview with writer and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates just weeks before leaving office, Obama revealed his belief that the country’s political system made reparations practically unworkable.
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