Conversations about potential forms of reparations ranged beyond financial compensation, and often focused on systematic and on-going solutions.
San Francisco’s African-American Reparations Committee, joined by partner organizations, held a listening session Sunday at Glide Church to get more input from Black San Franciscans on what its final reparations plans should look like. Mo McNealy is an artist who was raised in San Francisco and attended city schools. She said a school for Black children is one of the many ways the city can try to repair its history of policies that enforced segregation and white supremacy.
“We need transformative change for our brighter, collective future. Only reparations can do this,” said McNealy. Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. She added that, for her, it wasn’t just atonement for enslavement, but was also about unfulfilled government promises and decades of taxation without providing equal services.
“Black Americans in San Francisco, and across the country, were legally excluded from economic wealth-building programs like The Homestead Act, The G.I. Bill, The New Deal, the Federal housing Association mortgages,” she said. “That’s just to name a few.” Conversation about potential forms of reparations ranged beyond financial compensation, and often focused on systematic and on-going solutions.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
SF Reparations Committee Gets Input From Black San FranciscansThe SF African-American Reparations Committee met Sunday at Glide Church to get feedback from Black San Franciscans on what they thought should be included in its reparations plan. Thom Jensen reports.
Les mer »
San Francisco Pop-Up Event Celebrates Black Women-Owned BusinessesCelebrating both Women’s History Month and Black-owned businesses, a pop-up event at the Embarcadero Ferry Plaza Saturday provided space for black-owned businesses to sell their goods.
Les mer »
Episcopal Diocese of New York apologizes for church's participation in slave trade, sets up reparations commissionThe Episcopal Diocese of New York says it's taking steps to right its wrongs when it comes to slavery. alecia__reid has more on what the church is doing.
Les mer »
Newsom falls silent after calls for him to take executive action on reparationsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom is staying silent as his state considers giving hundreds of billions of dollars to Black residents in reparations.
Les mer »
Newsom silent on California reparations proposalsAs California explores reparations for its black residents for slavery, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has remained largely silent on whether he will support the proposals.
Les mer »
Cities may be debating reparations, but here's why most Americans oppose the ideaLocal reparations programs in a dozen cities and California have renewed hopes for national compensation for slavery. But despite a national reckoning over race, two-thirds of Americans remain opposed to cash payments to descendants of slaves
Les mer »