California votes for billions in reparations for descendants of slaves

[MrDawn]

Your thoughts?

California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of proposals that now go to state lawmakers to consider for reparations legislation.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who is cosponsoring a bill in Congress to study restitution proposals for African Americans, at the meeting called on states and the federal government to pass reparations legislation.

"Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address longstanding racial disparities and inequalities," Lee said.

The panel's first vote approved a detailed account of historical discrimination against Black Californians in areas such as voting, housing, education, disproportionate policing and incarceration and others.

Other recommendations on the table ranged from the creation of a new agency to provide services to descendants of enslaved people to calculations on what the state owes them in compensation.

California task force approves proposal for state reparations to Black residents

California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

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[passenger]

Just more American craziness IMO. I think this would just stupidly deepen the divide.

SSDD

 

[Webster]

Your thoughts?

Let me think.

None of us were alive when slavery existed, none of us were slaves at the time.....so why in the hell should the sins of the fathers be visited on the children?

 

[DrLeftover]

And the best part is that THE REST OF US will have to pay for it one way or another.

 

[MrDawn]

Let me think.

None of us were alive when slavery existed, none of us were slaves at the time.....so why in the hell should the sins of the fathers be visited on the children?

I don't agree with what they're doing. imho, this is clearly a case of revenge racism.

 

[Bluezone777]

I really don't get why a state that never spent a moment being part of the US while slavery was legal is so fixated on paying back for a crime that they as a state had no part in as well as did the people currently alive in said state. We all know the types to push for this will never say they got enough as they will always demand more until someone finally gets the balls to say no.

 

[Nebulous]

Throwing money at people doesn't undo history or make up for it. However if I was someone receiving the money, I wouldn't be complaining! Lol