Seattle-based website invites white people to give reparations

White guilt? There’s a fix for that.

A Seattle-based website is offering a chance to provide reparations – monetarily or otherwise – to people of color.

What started as a social media experiment has transformed into a website called Reparations that invites "people who identify as white to offer services or contributions to people of color in need of time, energy, substantive care and support."

Conceptual artist Natasha Marin’s platform also allows for people of color to request services and items such as groceries or resume and job assistance. There’s also an option to donate money toward the “Troll Fund,” which involves a $1 donation to someone requesting financial assistance for every racist message the site receives.

Reparations are based on the idea that white people have a responsibility to pay for the actions of previous generations that enslaved people of color and have led to white privilege.

The issue led to a debate on KIRO Radio's "Tom and Curley Show:"

Read more here.

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