Put Local Marijuana Money Into Reparations Fund For Blacks, Amherst Advocates Say

Reparations activists are pushing the town council of Amherst to put 100 percent of local marijuana tax revenue in a fund for black residents. The proposal comes from the African Heritage Reparation Assembly, which was formed as an advisory committee by the Amherst Town Council in June 2021 to develop a plan for reparations.

Reparations activists are pushing the town council of Amherst to put 100 percent of local marijuana tax revenue in a fund for black residents. The proposal comes from the African Heritage Reparation Assembly, which was formed as an advisory committee by the Amherst Town Council in June 2021 to develop a plan for reparations.…