But what are reparations exactly? Where did the idea of “forty acres and a mule” come from? How has the conversation about reparations for slavery changed over time? And why does all this matter over 150 years after the end of chattel slavery in the U.S.? One intern asked Sessions why he is in favor of "pretty harsh policies for marijuana and pretty lax gun control laws," since guns statisticallykill more people that about 100 girls from the original 2014 Boko Haram kidnapping havestill not been rescuedRelated:Survivors of Boko Haram Share Their StoryCheck this out: initially blocked from participating in televised primary debates