[3] In July 2016, Seattle-based artist Natasha Marin launched a social experiment as a Facebook event page.
Three days later, the project went viral,[4] gaining international coverage in the Washington Post,[5] LA Times and The Guardian,[6] and expanded to include a website.
[8][9] A social experiment that was never about “white guilt,” Reparations is a space where Americans, regardless of race, can take ownership of their shared history (NBC News).
[10] The project engaged over a quarter of a million people worldwide, some of whom made death threats to Marin.
[5] The Reparations project continues to live on through a private Facebook group, “Reparations: Requests and Offerings,” focusing on addressing present-day income inequality, community building, community care, and bringing about much needed healing and repair.