Tennessee is divided over reparations, with a black Memphis pastor leading the charge against a bill that would prohibit the funding of a proposed reparations study in the state.against the “reprehensible legislation” introduced to the state legislature to prohibit local governments from “engaging in the vital work of studying or disbursing reparations.
“I will make very clear, our vote today does not pass judgment on reparations,” Taylor said on the state senate floor. According to the reverend, the state government should use whatever surplus it has for a worthy cause like slavery reparations. “There are other entities and organizations that get 25 times that to do something most of us will probably say is a lot less significant.”
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