What Does California Owe Descendants of the Enslaved?

March 23, 2023

Jovan Scott Lewis, Center for Ethnographic Research faculty affiliate and ISSI Advisory Committee member, is an ethnographer and member of California’s Reparations Task Force.In this Berkeley News interview, Jovan Scott Lewis, Center for Ethnographic Research faculty affiliate and ISSI Advisory Committee member, shares his knowledge and experiences surrounding the term 'reparations.' Lewis discusses his work as a member of the State of California Reparations Task Force and speaks about his books that analyze the complexity of reparations for Black people in the US and Jamaica. Mark your calendar for April 12 at noon, when Lewis and Don Tamaki will be discussing reparations at an event sponsored by the Asian American Research Center.