Alyssa Milano and Chelsea Handler used their star power to call on President Joe Biden to implement federal slavery reparations.
“Failure to atone for the pain that white supremacy has caused, and is still causing, creates space for those violent white supremacist ideologies to foster and grow,” Milano said in the video posted Wednesday. “White supremacist extremism is on the rise, and refusing to talk about its root, slavery, will not solve anything. Silence is not an option, and it’s certainly not a cure. If President Biden and Congress are serious about moving the country forward, then they have to get serious about federal action on reparations.”
“If we were to stop talking about racism tomorrow, do you think that that would stop another unarmed black person from being shot and killed by the police? Do you think not talking about racism would change the fact that black women are more likely to die during childbirth?” Milano asked.
Handler backed her up, saying the country is “out of excuses” not to implement reparations.
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“So please stop making them,” she says. “We built this country on the backs of black and brown people, and we still haven’t really done anything to say, ‘f—.’”
The five-minute video was produced by NowThis and also included comments from Rep. Jamaal Bowman, failed presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, musician Toni Blackman, and others.
“The reason we are still haunted by the legacy of slavery is because our leaders refuse to address it in a meaningful way,” Milano added. “From school history books to the halls of Congress, the way that this country still lives with slavery every single day is being minimized and brushed under the rug.”
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The video comes as a House committee advanced legislation Wednesday to examine whether the government should provide slavery reparations.
“H.R. 40 is intended to begin a national conversation about how to confront the brutal mistreatment of African Americans during chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and the enduring structural racism that remains endemic to our society today,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said.
