Posted on 01/28/2023 9:03:40 AM PST by Libloather
California’s reparations task force met again on Friday in San Diego with public comment from speakers who urged bold action and for the state to go forward with payments to African Americans as repayment for slavery. After comments by Dr. Shirley Weber, California Secretary of State, one speaker blasted the suggested amount of $223,000 per resident as insufficient.
Reverend Tony Pierce came to the microphone and slammed the idea of limiting the cash payouts to California residents: "There should be no residency requirements for California! We have to encourage our people to come back to California! What better way to encourage our people to come back to California if we have no requirements?"
"How will reparations be paid?" he added. "Immediately!"
After being told that his time is up, Pierce yelled at the audience, "And $200,000 is not enough! $223,000 is not enough!"
In December, one attendee at the task force meeting called for $350,000 per eligible individual.
California resident and Civil Justice Association of California member Marcus Champion called for "direct cash payments, tax-exempt status, free college education, grants for homeownership, business grants, access to low to no business funding and capital." He called for the creation of The Office of American Freedmen Affairs to handle eligibility on reparations.
Speaker Josiah Williams, a member of American Redress Coalition of the California Bay Area, called for a specific targeting of the reparations claims.
"I wanted to add that if there is anyone else who has their own claim, they can definitely write it up, get someone to champion it and I would support them in that effort," he said. "But this is for a specific group of people."
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They need to take note from frisco.......$5 mil per.
No amount will ever be enough.
My white ggggggrandfather was a slave to a black man. Where are my reparations let alone the grandfathers killed in the Civil War.
What a stupid world we live in now.
It is never enough. Money to people who have never been slaves, from people who never owned slaves.
Activist at California slavery reparations meeting denounces proposed payment of $223,000: 'Not enough!'
The only amount that makes sense is one with a receipt marked “paid in full”.
I’m afraid the more this country goes woke the more likely this will happen. And the reality is CA tax payers will not be footing this bill, everyone else will!
It’s funny. The only thing we have in life is our time. That and our health. These people are spending a lot of their time on something that won’t happen. Ask for the moon and settle for $20k like the Japanese Americans did? Unlikely.
Their health-for starters stop killing each other. That’s a good way to spend their time.
Little Gav Gav really be stirrin the pot.
This is riots in the streets civil war crap.
When Greaseball has to give them the bad news that he aint got da cash, den whut?
10 million in the streets?
I think that can be arranged!
This isnt the federal government that can just print money. By law California cannot run a deficit. If and when the Legislature makes an appropriation, I’ll warrant an initiative qualifies for the ballot to cancel
The whole thing before increased tax revenues could even start to fund this boondoggle.
Qualifying for the ballot stays enforcement of the law until the election. Forget the white people… I just don’t see the minorities who don’t get part of the gravy train buying into this. They really should stop exciting the easily excitable. I don’t see this ever happening except perhaps on some sort of nominal basis
Show of hands?
Who did NOT see this coming? *SNORT*
FReepers living in these stupid states? GTHO, ASAP! :)
Just outrageous... Where is all this money going to come from? We don’t have any real money except taxing people... and that wouldn’t even be enough.
But then again, Obama has a “stash”, right?
Money printer goes “brrrtttt”.
Okay, let’s say that California approves this, will blacks from all over the country flock to California to participate and everyone else leave to avoid paying for it?
I hope the Messican illegals will be happy to pay this. Welcome to America! Pay the blaques.
the only one that makes sense, is the one with a one way ticket back to africa and, a renouncement of american citizenship.
At least until there is total civilizational collapse. Which I often feel cannot be far away.
Also, WHO decides WHO is eligible?
Will this be a new series on California PBS, tracking old-time slave owners?
Insanity!
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