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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on May 07, 2023, 11:20:54 PM
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...happy for his fellow Black brothers and sisters. He said if he gets his money, he'll just donate it back to the community:
California reparations panel approves payments of up to $1.2 million to every Black resident
California's legislature could vote on the panel's recommendation s
The California Reparations Task Force formally recommended that the state offer payments of up to $1.2 million to every qualifying Black resident.
The task force held a public meeting in Oakland, California, on Saturday and voted on the final set of recommendation s to be sent to the state's legislators. The nine-member panel called on the state to offer its Black residents a formal apology in addition to the payments.
"Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address long-standing racial disparities and inequalities," Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said after attending the meeting.
The panel's recommendation breaks payments down by types of historical discrimination . For instance, Black residents affected by redlining by banks would receive $3,366 for each year they lived in California from the early 1930s to the late 1970s, amounting to up to $148,099.
CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS PANEL SAYS TOTAL COST 'LEAST IMPORTANT' ASPECT DESPITE POTENTIAL $800B PRICE TAG
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., supports reparations for Black Americans and has proposed legislation that would bring a federal inquiry into the matter. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Similarly, Black residents could receive roughly $2,352 in compensation for over-policing and mass incarceration for each year they lived in California between 1970 and 2020. Those payments could amount to $115,260.
In total, from these and other payments included in the plan, a Black Californian who is 71 years old and has lived in California his entire life could receive up to $1.2 million, according to analysis from the New York Times.
California reparations task force members
Kamilah Moore, chair of the California Reparations Task Force, and Amos Brown, vice chair, at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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The panel's Saturday vote included only recommendation s for the state legislature and does not have any legal weight.
Saturday's meeting included opposition from some Black residents demanding larger payments. An activist identified as Rev. Tony Pierce was one of the more outspoken people at the gathering, making reference to the famous "40 acres and a mule" promise to former slaves when he took the podium.
California reparations task force meeting gets chaotic, activists call for higher paymentsVideo
"You know that the numbers should be equivocal to what an acre was back then. We were given 40, OK? We were given 40 acres. You know what that number is. You keep trying to talk about now, yet you research back to slavery and you say nothing about slavery, nothing," said Pierce. "So, the equivocal number from the 1860s for 40 acres to today is $200 million for each and every African American."
Most people who spoke at Saturday's meeting spoke in support of reparations. Despite such agreement, however, sparks flew throughout the chaotic, emotionally charged gathering as arguments broke out. Indeed, many attendees spoke out of turn and interrupted each other, leading Kamilah Moore, the task force chair, to call for security to remove people multiple times.
The draft recommendation noted that California entered the Union as a free state in 1850, but said that it did not pass laws at the time to guarantee freedom. The recommendation pointed out that for a decade after emancipation, California continued to allow the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, which called for the capture and return of runaway slaves.
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Governor "Nuisance" says hell no? ???:
Governor rejects $1.2m reparation pay-out for black Californians
California governor Gavin Newsom has refused to endorse plans to pay slave descendants up to $1.2 million (£950,000) each. The proposed payments, drawn up by the state's Reparations Task Force, are intended to compensate black Californians for decades of injustice.
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Newsom supports cash reparations? Governor’s comments ‘inaccurately framed,’ spokesperson says
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson has corrected the “inaccurate” framing of his comments earlier this week in response to approved recommendation s by the state’s task force that studied the wrongdoings of slavery and other historical forms of discrimination against Black people.
It was reported Wednesday by Fox News that Newsom “declined to endorse cash payments,” which is a false narrative according to the Governor’s office.
Newsom had said in a media statement that “dealing with the legacy of slavery is about much more than cash payments.”
A spokesperson for Newsom clarified his comments in an email statement to The Bee.
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No, California should not pay slavery reparations
The only slaves in the state’s history were kept by Native Americans
The Democratic Governor of California, Gavin Newsom – a potential Presidential candidate next year – set up a reparations task force in his state in 2020 to consider the case for compensation for the historical wrongs and discrimination experienced by California’s black community. Now the task force has reported and suggested that individuals should be given up to $1.2 million each in recompense....
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Yeah, they should be straight forward on where they stand to eliminate confusion but that seems very hard to do for many politicians since they're professional LIARS ???:
Column: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery
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Survey: Most Californians don't support reparations payments for Black residents
The survey by the nonprofit Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released Monday said even though 71% of Californians think racial and ethnic discrimination contributes to economic inequalities in the United States, only 43% of those surveyed said they support having a state task force seeking reparations.
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I wouldn’t know where cali is going to get the money to pay every qualifying black person 1.2 mil if things work out. Let’s say 1 mil people qualify, that’s 1.2 trillions much higher than California’s debt currently. That would be a nice chunk compare to the national debt.
Stop teasing the black folks.
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Black people be like.....I see money
and when this issue doesn't pass, there will be chaos in our streets because if anything, their groups are the loudest to speak. Have you ever hear them argue? My gosh, yapping loud and obnoxious like forever. :2funny: