Har­ris declines to say whether she would estab­lish com­mis­sion to study repa­ra­tions

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris declined to say whether she sup­ports a com­mis­sion to study repa­ra­tions, despite being behind such leg­is­la­tion in Con­gress. She sug­gest­ed Con­gress should take the lead on study­ing the his­to­ry of racism and the poten­tial need for repa­ra­tions, not the White House. Dur­ing a con­ver­sa­tion with mem­bers of the Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Black Jour­nal­ists (NABJ) Tues­day in Philadel­phia, the Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee said when asked whether she would cre­ate such a com­mit­tee: “We just need to speak truth about his­to­ry. In spite of the fact that some peo­ple are try­ing to erase his­to­ry and try and teach ou …