A new website is giving guilt-ridden whites a chance to donate goods, services, and cash to African-Americans as a means to atone for slavery. Reparations.me, launched by a Seattle black activist, lists requests by "people of color" for groceries, massages, rent payments, and whatever they need "to feel better" about living in a racist nation. "Thank you for giving me the chance to do something," the site's creator imagines a white user saying. "I was quietly hating myself for doing nothing."
Editor's note: This article originally mischaracterized a hypothetical quote from a white user. It has since been corrected. We regret the error.
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