Months after the city of Chicago embarked on an ambitious project to determine reparations for slavery, a resolution offering Black residents an apology for enslaving their ancestors and perpetuating systemic racism won overwhelming approval in the City Council. But the resistance of four council members to the measure has outraged some Black members.

“Shame on you!” shouted Alderman Lamont Robinson, after Alds. Raymond Lopez, Nick Sposato, Anthony Napolitano and James Gardiner refused to endorse the resolution he sponsored, which issued a formal apology from the City Council “to the Black citizens of Chicago for the historical injustices of slavery, segregation, systemic racism and the policies that have perpetuated racial inequality.”

“You have to be able to share with your constituent

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