Reparations consist of discriminating on the basis of race now to address past discrimination. They are unconstitutional. "The Evanston City Council approved t

Reparations consist of discriminating on the basis of race now to address past discrimination. They are unconstitutional. "The Evanston City Council approved the first phase of reparations to acknowledge the harm caused by discriminatory housing policies, practices and inaction going back more than a century. The 8-to-1 vote will initially make $400,000 available in $25,000 homeownership and improvement grants, as well as in mortgage assistance for Black residents, primarily those can show they are direct descendants of individuals who lived in the city between 1919 and 1969 and suffered from such discrimination."