Posted on 02/01/2024 9:57:05 PM PST by SeekAndFind
On Wednesday, lawmakers in the state of California introduced a series of bills aimed at providing reparations for historical slavery, which would include giving out property and financial compensation for alleged descendants of slaves.
As Politico reports, the bills represent the first of their kind in the country, after a rising left-wing movement in favor of reparations first emerged shortly after the 2020 race riots. The California bills had been in the works for the last several years after Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) set up a reparations “task force” to make suggestions, which led to a 111-page report issued last year.
The 14 different bills introduced by the state’s Legislative Black Caucus focus on a wide variety of areas that are allegedly impacted by the legacy of slavery, including education, civil rights, and criminal justice.
While none of the bills include a measure to provide direct payments to those who would qualify based on slave ancestry, there is a provision to provide financial relief to certain groups based on allegedly race-based “property takings.” Authored by State Senator Steven Bradford (D-Calif.), the bill would “restore property taken during raced-based uses of eminent domain to its original owners or provide another effective remedy where appropriate, such as restitution or compensation.”
Speaking on the lack of direct payouts, which many on the far-left have considered the ultimate end goal of reparations, Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Black Caucus, gave a statement saying that “while many only associate direct cash payments with reparations, the true meaning of the word, to repair, involves much more.”
“We need a comprehensive approach to dismantling the legacy of slavery and systemic racism,” Wilson added.
While the bills are all expected to easily pass due to the Democratic supermajority in both chambers, the laws will most likely face legal challenges after Newsom signs them into law.
As a result, some lawmakers are demanding that the California State Constitution be changed to allow for such provisions to be legal. Assemblyman Corey Jackson (D-Calif.), proposed a ballot referendum that would see the state’s voters approve such changes, so that the state could implement these programs with the intention of “increasing the life expectancy of, improving educational outcomes for, or lifting out of poverty specific groups based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or marginalized genders, sexes, or sexual orientations.”
Such race-based initiatives are facing more widespread backlash from the American public in recent years, particularly with regards to corporate diversity enforcements in the form of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Last year, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling overturning affirmative action – the practice of race-based preferences in the admission of college students, which overwhelmingly favors minorities over White applicants – ruling that such a practice was unconstitutional.
Makes sense. People who were never slaves were get money from people who never had slaves in a state that never had slavery.
If people would vote for this, why does Deep State have to steal elections?
Including NY’s and CA’s?
Did you vote for the POTATUS...?
There already is a cure for inequality. Everyone has an equal chance at the start. That was MLK’s dream
There is no cure for inequity, which is equal outcome. The only way to achieve that is for everyone to fail. That is Obama’s dream.
EC
They found one guy that moved to California with his 11 Black slaves, to
justify their evil intent. “Oh yes, California had slaves.”
Meanwhile the Chinese weren’t mentioned. LOL
REPARATIONS FOR LAND TAKEN BY EMMINENT DOMAIN????
THAT ACTION WOULD HAPPEN-—NO MATTER THE COLOR OF THE PRIOR LAND OWNER.
I agree.
Reparashunz Now!
Hand over the house, Streisand.
is a greedy racial bigot.
Nobody alive today has been legally enslaved in these United States for even one second.
This isn't about "justice".
This is about "KILL WHITEY!!!"
UNFAIR TO THE MULE
Every slave in Cal today should get reparations and their owners put in prison Their property sold to help pay for it. Slavery was outlawed 159 years ago, so what’s the deal.
Victimhood is strong in some blacks.
The US started in 1789 and slavery was abolished 76 years later This is to be celebrated.
My mom’s people had no slaves in what became WV. My dad’s came here in 1911. They were farmers in sicily where slavery was illegal. I won’t pay taxes for reparations I’m 77 and ill they let me die in prison.
People keep saying :
GOD CREATED EVERYONE EQUAL ———
APPARENTLY THAT IS WRONG
slavery in the us 1789-1865 The abolishment in such a short period of time should be celebrated.
If the property was taken by eminent domain, the owners should have already been compensated...?
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