Berkeley’s Haas Institute for Fair and Inclusive Communities

Reparations Must Include the Costs of Predatory Lending New University Studies Track High Costs of Discriminatory Housing

In recent years, the spate of homicides linked to questionable uses of deadly weapons and/or force, have prompted many activist organizations to call for racial reparations. From Trayvon Martin’s death in Florida, to Michael Brown’s in Missouri, Eric Garner’s in New York and many other deaths — a chorus of calls for reparations has mounted, even attracting interest among presidential candidates.