Harris now mum on reparations she signaled support for in 2020 White House run

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign did not reveal her position on reparations for Black Americans when asked Wednesday by Fox News Digital, despite growing anticipation from progressive advocates after California lawmakers withdrew their reparation bills last week.

During her earlier presidential bid in 2019, Harris, then a U.S. senator representing California, said she supported “some form of reparations” and backed legislation to study the matter further.

Democratic politicians in blue states, including California, in recent years have floated reparations as a way to atone for what proponents describe as a legacy of racist policies that created disparities for Black people in housing, education and health.

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Flanked by labor union leaders, Democrat presidential candidate Vice President Harris speaks to union workers during a campaign event at Northwestern High School in Detroit on Monday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

“I think there has to be some form of reparations, and we could discuss what that is, but look, we’re looking at more than 200 years of slavery,” Harris said in a 2019 interview with The Root, a website focused on Black culture and politics. “We’re looking at almost 100 years of Jim Crow. We’re looking at legalized segregation and, in

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