R-word dodge: 2020 Democrats avoid saying ‘reparations’

By Pete Kasperowicz

Published February 27, 2019 5:00am ET

R-word dodge: 2020 Democrats avoid saying ‘reparations’ — Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., acknowledged the need for criminal justice reform at the congressional level as the Justice Department goes in what she said is a different direction. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) | Reed Saxon

Some Democrats running for the White House in 2020 have made it clear they support some form of program to make amends to black Americans for more than 200 years of slavery.

But there’s one word nearly of them are dodging: “Reparations.”

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