"Reparations" for Confederates? UNC System Trustees Face Backlash After Paying More than $2.5 Million to Confederate Group to House 'Silent Sam'
Some are calling it a "payoff." Others have called it "hush money" and "reparations." The University of North Carolina System is calling it "a lawful and lasting path" to prevent Confederate statues and insignia from finding homes on its campuses.