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Activists demand higher payments from California reparations task force: '$200 million' per person
Fox News ^ | 5/06/23 | Aaron Kliegman

Posted on 05/06/2023 5:53:07 PM PDT by Libloather

Activists on Saturday demanded that the state of California pay millions of dollars to each Black resident in reparations as a way to make amends for slavery and subsequent discrimination, dismissing the mammoth proposals from California's reparations task force as too little.

The demands were made at a highly explosive official meeting of the task force, which was created by state legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020. The committee was hearing comments from the public as it considers final recommendations to submit to the California Legislature, which will then decide whether to implement the measures and send them to Newsom's desk to be signed into law.

An activist identified as Reverend Tony Pierce was one of the most outspoken people at the gathering, making reference to the famous "40 acres and a mule" promise to former slaves when he took the podium.

"You know that the numbers should be equivocal to what an acre was back then. We were given 40, OK? We were given 40 acres. You know what that number is. You keep trying to talk about now, yet you research back to slavery and you say nothing about slavery, nothing," said Pierce. "So, the equivocal number from the 1860s for 40 acres to today is $200 million for each and every African-American."

Pierce, who shouted most of his remarks, then directed his ire to the task force for in his view not pushing an ambitious enough reparations plan.

"You're not supposed to be afraid," he said. "You're just supposed to tell the truth. You're not supposed to be the gatekeepers. You're supposed to say what the people want and hear from the people."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: 1billionperperson; 1trillionperperson; activists; bidenvoters; california; million; reparations
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To: dragnet2
I’d be willing to pay their air fare back to Africa...That’s it.

I’d be willing to pay it halfway back.

41 posted on 05/06/2023 6:45:29 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.y )
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To: teacherwoes
Why not just give them free everything for life?

They already have that, plus the government ensuring no one ever says anything “offensive” to them.

42 posted on 05/06/2023 6:47:01 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.y )
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To: Libloather

I would go along with giving $200 million to any freed slave.


43 posted on 05/06/2023 6:48:02 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Libloather

Someone needs to ask these morons how much the ancestors of the over 4,000 black slave OWNERS in colonial America should pay.


44 posted on 05/06/2023 6:50:06 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.y )
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To: Libloather

Democrats were the party of slavery, slave owners and the confederacy. They fought a civil war to preserve slavery and the KKK was their terrorist arm. The DemocRATic party was responsible for Jim Crow, segregation, lynching, etc. Republicans opposed ALL of it. If they want reparations they should get ALL OF IT from the DemocRAT party.


45 posted on 05/06/2023 6:51:02 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: doorgunner69

I’m part Native American Indian and get no money......

My tribe was here before any Blacks came here...........


46 posted on 05/06/2023 7:00:25 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Libloather

Wouldn’t that be 40 acres divided by the number of descendants ? like maybe 1 dollar and some change for each of them.


47 posted on 05/06/2023 7:02:47 PM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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To: Libloather

Here’s the REALLY scary thing!!! They’re telling Dems that THEY WON’T VOTE unless the broke-ass government starts handing out cash!!! OMG!!! That would be SO HORRIBLE if Blacks stopped voting!!!


48 posted on 05/06/2023 7:11:12 PM PDT by LizzieD
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To: bk1000

Correct, no amount will be enough. It’s like paying a blackmailer, they will keep demanding more as long as you pay. Pay them nothing. If anything send them a bill for the amount of crime the black community has wreaked on civilization.


49 posted on 05/06/2023 7:13:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: doorgunner69

👍👍👍👍👍


50 posted on 05/06/2023 7:15:36 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: rellic

Yep, West Africans have a low opinion of US blacks.


51 posted on 05/06/2023 7:27:22 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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Better up my investments in gaudy jewelry


52 posted on 05/06/2023 7:32:05 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: SisterK

Ooops my bad


53 posted on 05/06/2023 7:32:18 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: lastchance

Different kind of slavery


54 posted on 05/06/2023 7:32:52 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: noiseman

I’d treat them with respect. If they dislike everything America so much, maybe they’d like a new life in the land of their ancestors. Might work out for them. If it’s that bad here, this will allow them to get away from whatever they perceive the problem is.

It’s ironic, people from all over the planet, name your color, bribe, borrow, and take big risks to get here. Yet many of the black folk who live here curse America, the Founders, white folk, et al.

Seem a bit odd.


55 posted on 05/06/2023 7:37:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Libloather

“You know that the numbers should be equivocal to what an acre was back then.”

“Equivocal” means “subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse. uncertain as an indication or sign.” Interesting slip of the tongue.


56 posted on 05/06/2023 7:37:19 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Libloather

BS were looking at trillions. At least.


57 posted on 05/06/2023 7:40:19 PM PDT by sasquatch
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To: rellic

Inside too.


58 posted on 05/06/2023 7:40:22 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
I’d be willing to pay their air fare back to Africa.

Me, too, on the condition that they promise never to return. Maybe then they'll appreciate this country.

59 posted on 05/06/2023 7:40:53 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: sasquatch

CA. is now defaulting on their Covid unemployment loans from the Fed HOWEVER they are going to pay reparations GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK!!!


60 posted on 05/06/2023 7:46:30 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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