'Now is the time to go big' to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Robert Johnson said in a CNBC interview.
Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, told CNBC on Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to blacks to help reduce racial inequality in the nation.protests that have erupted across the nation"Now is the time to go big" to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Johnson said on"Wealth transfer is what's needed. Think about this.
Calling reparations the "affirmative action program of all time," Johnson said they would send the signal that white Americans acknowledge "damages that are owed" for the unequal playing field created by slavery and the decades since. He said the need for reparations has been on his website since last year. "I'm not new to this challenge."
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