The task force members are discussing monetary and non-monetary reparations ideas to compensate for slavery and racism. Some say they want policies to prevent future harms against Black Californians.
The AB 3121 Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans meets in Oakland on Dec. 14, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMattersThe task force members are discussing monetary and nonmonetary reparations ideas to compensate for slavery and racism. Some say they want policies to prevent future harms against Black Californians.Adopt a Black studies school curriculum that shows racism’s devastating results.
“This is the meat — the actual meat — of what we’re really trying to do,” said Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, a Democrat representing Los Angeles who also is a task force member. “And ultimately … 99% of these recommendations will be the ones, probably, that we’ll be able to enact or to budget for a lot easier than compensation. In fact, reparations is not just financial compensation, but it’s to stop the ongoing harms of racial chattel slavery.”is helping state officials examine how slavery and systemic racism have harmed African Americans, and how the state should respond. Gov.
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