Erykah Benson, M.A.

Public Scholarship

Select Media Engagement

  • Detroit Free Press. “Reparations program offers $25,000 in housing support to Black metro Detroiters.”

  • Invited Opinion Article. Hudgins, K*., Benson, E*., Ostfeld, M., Hutchings, V. (2024). “Detroit reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing.” 10.64628/AAI.mack3qfcx.

  • Michigan Chronicle. “UM report: Half of Black Detroiters support reparations.” April 2023.

  • Michigan Public Radio. “Report: Detroiters’ views on reparations linked to perception of racial inequity.” March 2023.

  • CBS News Detroit. “U-M report finds majority of Detroiters support some form of reparations.” April 2023.

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