A TED talk, featuring a conversation with William “Sandy” Darity, an economist and author of From Here to Equality, who discusses how the grievous injustice of slavery in the US led to the immense wealth gap that currently exists between black and white Americans. Explains how reparations for descendants of enslaved people could work — and why it’s necessary that the US engage in this act of compensation and redemption to make progress towards true equality. Watch now.