Editorial
Representing for Reparations
A throwback from The Hilltop where Mason served as Editorials Editor. The Hilltop was recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of best collegiate newspapers in the country that year and remains highly regarded.
In 2020, UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet called for the U.S. to make amends for slavery citing, “Behind today’s racial violence, systemic racism and discriminatory policing lies the failure to acknowledge and confront the legacy of the slave trade and colonialism.” This article was written in 2003.