LGBT Pride

Reparations Payments at Black Pride Events Should Be Embraced, Not Condemned

Taking B(l)ack Pride Seattle is an event that centers Black and Brown trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people (TLGBQ+). For the second year in a row, event organizers have asked white attendees to honor the Black-centered space by paying reparations via an attendance fee.
In the absence of reparations for African descendants of slaves and other survivors of white-supremacist and colonial violence — Taking B(l)ack Pride is giving us another model for grassroots reparations that should be embraced — not condemned.