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Line 34: '''''Reparations''''' is an American website which was launched by Seattle-based artist [[Natasha Marin]] in order to allow people with privilege to leverage what they can in order to help people of color.<ref name=LAT>{{cite web|title=Artist launches Reparations website and 'social experiment' on white privilege|first=David|last=Ng|date=August 4, 2016|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-natasha-marin-reparations-20160802-snap-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kenney|first=Tanasia|date=August 3, 2016|title=Black Woman Launches ‘Reparations’ Site to Allow White People to Atone for Current-Day Racism, Met with Onslaught of Racist Reactions|url=http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/08/03/black-woman-launches-reparations-site-to-allow-white-people-to-atone-for-current-day-racism-met-with-onslaught-of-racist-reactions/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[Atlanta Black Star]]}}</ref> Marin has stated that the website is not about [[reparations for slavery]], which [[Black Lives Matter]] has called for as part of its platform; Marin's website is an avenue for people to respond to modern [[Racism in the United States|racial turmoil in the United States]].<ref name="SCPR">{{Cite web|last=Radio|first=Southern California Public|date=2016-08-03|title=On 'Reparations' site, whites can offer help to people of color|url=https://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2016/08/03/50972/on-reparations-site-whites-can-offer-help-to-peopl/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Southern California Public Radio}}</ref>
In July of 2016, Seattle-based artist Natasha Marin launched a social experiment as a Facebook event page. Three days later, the project went viral,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bernard|first=Sara|date=July 27, 2016|title=Reparations Go Viral in Seattle|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/reparations-go-viral-in-seattle/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[Seattle Weekly]]}}</ref> gaining international coverage in the Washington Post<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Schmelzer|first=Elise|date=August 2, 2016|title=New website allows white people to offer reparations directly to people of color|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/02/new-website-allows-white-people-to-offer-reparations-directly-to-people-of-color/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>, LA Times, The Daily Mail UK<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Regina|date=July 28, 2016|title=New 'Reparations' website calls on whites to offer their money and free services|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3712790/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[Daily Mail]]}}</ref>, and The Guardian<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woolf|first=Nicky|date=August 4, 2016|title=Reparations site asks people to 'offset your privilege' with acts of kindness|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/04/reparations-website-race-white-privilege-natasha-marin|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>, and expanded to include a website<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Reparations|url=https://www.diyreparations.me/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=}}</ref>. Framed as a conceptual art project, it was a forum for People of Color to post immaterial or material requests that would improve their lives, and for people of privilege and people who identify as White to offer them contributions and services.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weisenstein|first=Kara|date=April 26, 2017|title=In Seattle, Decolonization Is a Full-Time Gig|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kkn88/natasha-marin-seattle-decolonization-artist-50statesofart|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[Vice]]}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Deborah|date=July 26, 2016|title=Seattle's 'Reparations' experiment is working|url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattles-reparations-experiment-working|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[KUOW]]}}</ref> A social experiment that was never about “white guilt,” Reparations is a space where Americans, regardless of race, can take ownership of their shared history (NBC News).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bailey|first=Chelsea|date=November 12, 2016|title=After Trump Win, Many Seek Comfort Through 'Reparations' Website|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/after-trump-win-many-seek-comfort-through-reparations-website-n682841|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> The project engaged over a quarter of a million people worldwide, some of whom made death threats to Marin.<ref name=":0" /> The Reparations project continues to live on through a private Facebook group, “Reparations: Requests and Offerings,” focusing on addressing present-day income inequality, community building, community care, and bringing about much needed healing and repair. Line 48: ==External links== *{{official|http://www.diyreparations.me}} *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/reparations.me/ Current Facebook Reparations group] *[https://www.facebook.com/events/s/reparations/305927573086861 2016 Facebook event page] [[Category:Internet properties established in 2016]] | |||