I already posted the first step.
I'm going to assume this is a good faith statement because you seem to be a good guy. Feel free to prove me differently in your response.
There are three dictionary definitions of "reparation" according to Merriam-Webster:
Definition of reparation
1a : a repairing or keeping in repair
b reparations plural : repairs
2a : the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury
b : something done or given as amends or satisfaction
3 : the payment of damages : indemnification specifically : compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation —usually used in plural
For the most part, scholars and activists are talking about #1. How do we repair the legacy of slavery? #2 and #3 are methods of accomplishing it. #3 is a common method because it's easy. Just pay people. In this conversation, conservatives love to talk about #3 because they want you to think that government is going to take money from your pocket and give it to some lazy, shiftless Negro who doesn't deserve it simply based on something that happened a long time ago. Most importantly, this perspective doesn't require anything to actually change. Cut a check and don't change the system.
So aside from the voting thing, tell me how reparations isn't going to be either a direct transfer payment or a huge social program that takes money from one group and hands it to another.