Kristin Nimmers

“Black Americans were denied wages. We were denied property. We were denied access to capital. We were denied access to equal education — all of that over hundreds of years,”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers emphasized that racial inequities persisted long after the end of chattel slavery, with Black Americans denied wages, property, capital, and equal education.

“If you experienced segregated schools, if you experienced redlining, and we are coming up with some sort of policy or some sort of form of repair for those things, then you should also be included in the group that is repaired. It isn’t really a lineage-based outlook but more of a harm-based approach.”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers argued that anyone who experienced segregated schools or redlining should be included in reparations, favoring a harm-based approach over a lineage-based one.

“Reparations is not a handout. It is about acknowledging, addressing and repairing harm,”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers told Fox News Digital that reparations are about acknowledging, addressing, and repairing harm rather than being a handout.

“What is the repair for that harm, and who fits within the group that was harmed? It's necessary because we are owed that compensation for unpaid labor and historical harms.”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers framed reparations as necessary compensation owed for unpaid labor and historical harms.

“And, so, a single check is not going to holistically repair our communities.”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers argued that a single check would not holistically repair Black communities after hundreds of years of discrimination.

“Compensation for slavery, unpaid labor, for the 40 acres and a mule that were promised after the end of slavery — that should go to folks who have lineage and are descendants of people who were enslaved because that is the harm that is being repaired.”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers argued that compensation for slavery and unpaid labor should go to descendants of enslaved people because that is the harm being repaired.

“We really focus on a harm-based approach, so whoever was harmed should be entitled to that repair,”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers told Fox News Digital that financial reparations must go far beyond a single check, emphasizing a harm-based approach to repair.

“If you are a Black person — maybe a Black immigrant who came here in the 1950s before the Civil Rights Act was passed — then you also experienced segregated schools,”

Kristin Nimmers · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14

Nimmers pushed back on lineage-only requirements, arguing that Black immigrants who arrived before the Civil Rights Act also experienced segregation.