Democratic lawmakers acknowledge that slavery was the original sin of the country’s history, but some just want reparations to go away, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who has an estimated net worth of $58.5 million.
Feinstein, the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she understands why author and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates and other thought leaders are calling for reparations but warned the issue is divisive.
“I understand why. I also understand the wound that it opens and the trials and tribulations it’s going to bring about. Some things are just better left alone and I think that’s one of those things,” Feinstein said, according to The Hill.
“This is a major blemish on American democracy that has lasted for over 100 years now,” Feinstein said. “It’s not going to change and we have to learn from it and I think we have.”
