Ronald Reagan's 1988 signing statement for the Civil Liberties Act made every argument needed to justify Black reparations — military service, documented government wrongdoing, harm that deserved repair.
He applied that standard to one group and not the other. This 3-minute clip from Episode 18 of Committed to Misunderstanding is the receipt.
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