California Reparations Task Force member Dr. Cheryl Grills is frustrated with media's 'preoccupation' with the $800 billion cost and claims that dollar amount is 'least important.'
Leo Terrell discusses L.A. schools shutting down amid teacher union strike and a proposal to pay Black Californians $360k in reparations payments.
A member of California's reparations task force is complaining of the news media's"preoccupation" with theCheryl Grills, a task force member and clinical psychologist told Cal Matters that the multi-billion dollar price tag is the"least important" part of the proposed handout program. "We want to make sure that this is presented out in a way that does not reinforce the preoccupation with a dollar figure, which is the least important piece of this," Grills, whose been on the faculty of Loyola Marymount University for the past 34 years, said.
"It’s important, but it’s the least important in terms of being able to get to a point in our country’s history and in California’s history where we recognize that the harm cuts across multiple areas and domains and that the repair needs to align with that," she continued."It’s really unfortunate. I’m actually sad to see that our news media is not able to nuance better. It’s almost like, ‘What’s going to be sensational’ as opposed to what’s important.
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