California’s Reparations Task Force has approved its final report, recommending a public apology to Black Californians, dozens of policy reforms and monetary payments. “America needs to know how enormous the harm is. That’s not been done before.”
A man holds up a sign during a Reparations Task Force meeting in Oakland in 2022. last weekend, recommending a public apology to Black Californians, dozens of policy reforms and monetary payments.was created in 2020, following the death of George Floyd, to document the harm of slavery, propose restorative measures and educate the public.
In addition, the panel recommended dozens of proposals, including changes to providing equity in health care, education, policing, legal systems, and incarceration, as well as reforming historically redlined communities in the state.Task Force members listen to public comments during a meeting in Oakland in 2022.
Even for California, the $1.2 million compensation amount does not fit into the current state budget. “$1.2 million per person times approximately 2 million eligible recipients comes to $2.4 trillion. The state's annual budget is approximately $300 billion,” economist William Darity Jr., professor of public policy at Duke University, told Yahoo News.Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks at a press conference on reparations legislation on Capitol Hill in 2021.
Just last year, national lawmakers demanded that Biden sign an executive order to set up the commission for HR 40, but there has been little to no progress.
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