California released of a first-of-its-kind report Wednesday laying out the case for reparations to the descendants of U.S. slaves, along with preliminary recommendations about what that compensation might look like.
The report, released by a nine-member reparations task force, details California’s history of participation in white supremacy through slavery and subsequent government policies and actions that served to discriminate against Black residents in all facets of their lives. The task force’s dozens of recommendations for reparations to Black Californians who are descendants of U.S.
While California banned slavery, the task force noted that racist policies and violence in the state perpetuated it, holding back descendants of slaves through several generations. They recommended that the task force identify harms that are specific to the state and make recommendations based on those findings, he said.
See: Reparations are a ‘human rights issue’ that will boost the economy, says California task-force chair
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