Dr. William A. Darity Jr., widely regarded as the nation’s foremost scholar on lineage-based reparations, sat down with Cynthia McDonald on The Roots Matter to break down what reparations eligibility actually requires, and why so much public debate rests on misunderstanding the basics. Darity recently retired from Duke University, where…
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Cynthia McDonald Makes the Secular Case for Reparations.
Cynthia McDonald — social worker, political advocate, and lead organizer for Black Nonbelievers Chicago. Originally presented at the Women of Color Beyond Belief conference and uploaded to Vimeo in October 2025, her talk is a masterclass in evidence-based justice. McDonald argues that faith-based appeals for reparations are ineffective — they can be…