Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science and director of the UMass Poll, discusses public opinion as the State of California considers implementing large-scale reparations for Black residents affected by the legacy of slavery. Nteta says the 2021 poll found that 80% of Black residents support making cash payments to descendants of enslaved Americans, while 80% of white residents object. “ When we ask people why they oppose, it’s not about the cost. It’s not about logistics. It’s not about the impossibility to place a monetary value on the impact of slavery. It is consistently this notion that the descendants of slaves do not deserve these types of reparations,” Nteta says. (The Guardian, 7/11/23; News Office release)