Black Entertainment Television co-founder Robert Johnson told CNBC Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality.
According to CNBC, Johnson believes the wealth divide and police brutality against blacks are at the heart of protests against police brutality and the death of George Floyd.
“Now is the time to go big” to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Johnson said on “Squawk Box.
