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By Akayla Gardner and Jennifer Epstein
Vice President Kamala Harris said financial reparations for Black Americans needed to be studied, while citing her own economic agenda as one that would help build intergenerational wealth in the community.
“On compensation, it has to be studied, there’s no question about it,” Harris said Tuesday in response to a question in an audio hearing with radio host Charlemagne Tha God, part of a broader campaign effort to encourage you. Reaching black male voters.
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Harris used the issue to drive her own economic agenda, saying Black would expand access to financial capital for entrepreneurs and promoting measures to help make it easier for home buyers. In the interview, he also spoke about efforts to strengthen community banks that serve historically underserved groups.
“My agenda is to explore ambition and aspiration, knowing that people want to have a chance – if they want it – to have a meaningful opportunity to build wealth, including intergenerational wealth,” Harris said.
The issue of reparations for Black Americans has gained momentum in recent years, with California becoming the first state in 2023 to assign a potential dollar value to multigenerational inequality as a direct result of slavery. However, the issue is a political lightning rod and highly controversial.
The vice president's comments came during a visit to the Detroit metro area in the swing state of Michigan, which is focused on combating former Republican President Donald Trump's attacks on black voters – especially men – that threaten to tip the tide. swings in key swing states with just three weeks until Election Day. .
The Republican presidential nominee has aggressively courted Black men, a traditionally loyal Democratic bloc, capitalizing on concerns about President Joe Biden's record and worries about economic mobility.
In recent days, Harris has unveiled economic policies aimed specifically at addressing these concerns of Black men, including a plan to offer 1 million fully forgivable loans up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs and a pledge to support a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies that will offer more . The investment must be for the 20% of Black Americans who own or have owned digital assets.
Harris unveiled proposals aimed at addressing the impact of high prices on U.S. families and providing mortgage assistance to some first-time homebuyers.
“Black families are 40% less likely to own a home than others,” he added. “Home ownership is one of the surest ways to build intergenerational wealth.”
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A New York Times/Siena College poll conducted from September 29 to October 6 found that Trump made gains with black and Latino voters, especially among young people, compared to previous Republican Party presidential candidates.
Democratic concerns that Harris, who is seeking to become the first black female president in U.S. history, may underperform black men were highlighted by former President Barack Obama, who said in trenchant remarks at a campaign stop in last week that some voters were “coming with reasons and excuses.” “to Harris because of her gender. does not support
The comments drew criticism from those who pointed out that black men were still trailing Harris in the polls.
Harris rejected the idea that Obama's comments made it difficult for her to reach black male voters.
“No, obviously not,” she said. “I’ve been doing this for some time, including before I ran for president.”
The vice president on Tuesday, while appearing to acknowledge some voters' frustration with the administration's policies, sought to draw a stark contrast between his agenda and Trump's, urging people to come out to support his campaign.
“We should never sit around and say, 'Well, I'm not going to vote because things haven't been resolved,'” Harris said.
Charlemagne, who has two million followers on social media platform X, has occasionally criticized Harris. Ahead of Tuesday's event, the Trump campaign released a digital ad in which Charlemagne rejected Harris' previous support for federally funded gender-affirming surgery for prisoners and immigrants.
The radio host endorsed Harris' campaign in July when he replaced Biden as the party's standard-bearer after initially refusing to support a candidate.
