The site triggers a series of complicated questions with no ready answers. Does Reparations.me ultimately transform white guilt into a kind of Groupon for people of color? MIKE FORCE
The weekend of July 15, artist Natasha Marin tagged Rokea Jones in a Facebook group called “Reparations.” Jones saw the group’s title, saw the cover photo of a man holding an armful of kittens, and thought, “What the hell is this?”
She was skeptical, but she told herself to look into it more deeply. The group’s description seemed pretty straightforward. Marin, 37, billed it as “a social media experiment.” People who identify as white can offer goods and services to people of color. People of color can elect to accept those goods and services. Also, people of color can request goods and services they need.
So Jones did some serious soul-searching.
