Reagan Said This to Justify Japanese American Reparations. He Never Said It for Black Americans.

In 1988, Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act — the formal government apology and $20,000 payment to Japanese American internment survivors. His signing statement made the case: military service, wrongful government action, a mistake that deserved repair. Every single element of that argument applied to Black Americans. The Buffalo Soldiers. The Tuskegee Airmen. The 92nd Infantry Division — a million Black Americans who served in a segregated military while their families were being redlined out of the GI Bill at home. Reagan knew the argument. He made it. And he never signed anything forthem. This clip is from Episode 18 of Committed to Misunderstanding — The People Who Already Tried. Fullepisode drops at Midnight 6-5-26