Tait and Jenny have a special guest this episode. They welcome Evanston’s 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue to Rebel Human Radio. Evanston is the first municipality in the country to pass a resolution on reparations to their Black community and Robin Rue took the lead in bringing it to City Council for the vote. After years of ground work and months of negotiations, Robin got an almost unanimous vote and it passed. Robin talks with Jenny and Tait about her work and the necessity of reparations. Education isn’t going to close the wealth gap. Reparations can close that gap. White high school dropouts have more wealth than Black college graduates. White college graduates have seven times the wealth as Black college graduates. These are just a couple of examples among thousands that illustrate the wealth gap that isn’t closing. There is also a life expectancy gap so white people on average have 15 more years to accumulate wealth and build a financial legacy to hand down.Robin talks about what white people can be doing to help and what they can stay out of.Below are several resources that are referenced in the show: Evanston reparations fund that anyone can contribute to: https://www.cityofevanston.org/government/city-council/reparationsChicago Magazine article about Robin: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-July-2020/Evanstons-Road-to-Reparations/?fbclid=IwAR0Otz2XJyQiXI9Rhj3WFjW5wb-1DyWF5pDYxm7s4YrmH6TF1z1VRwTMWOgThe Case For Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/Sunshine Enterprises: https://www.sunshineenterprises.com

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