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.
Just when you thought you couldn’t be more embarrassed by
your state’s leadership.
California was after all, one of the leading slave states. /s
If you can win the black electorate on the basis of merit, win by bribes (reparations).
Let’s go Newsom.
This is gonna torpedo Gavin’s 2024 campaign.
Talk about reparations to the descendants of slaves did not start in 2020. I was hearing it as early as 2000, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was going on earlier than that.
They should all be glad they got on that boat, came to America and then were liberated by the Union Army and the Republicans. I think if you are going to pay them Reparations , its the Democrats that should pay every dime. The Democrats fought hard to keep their slaves and to this day use the Black community as pawns and hold them down.
While you are at it, you should pay me reparations ,because it was my ancestors that fought at Shilo, Antidam and Gettysburg ,to free the slaves and save our country.
I’m wondering what all the Mexicans in California are gonna say when they get their stuff taken to pay ‘reparations’ to black people.
Well, like here in the New York, the morons there keep electing to burn their money so what can you do? It’s like drug addicts, you can’t really help them unless they want to help themselves.
I remember a time when buying votes was a felony. Now we got Joe forgoing student loans even though he does not have the power to do so, and now reparations - which by the way will be seen as an insult to blacks because it will never be enough money.
What are they going to do, give blacks $1000 bucks each which will be taxed? Even if they give them $100,000 it will be seen as an insult. Slavery existed in the USA for around 90 years. A lifetime of work would be a few million in todays money and liberals are too racist to pay that. They want blacks to stay at the lower middle class, poverty level so they can be dependent on the government
lol, even in California voters wouldn’t approve this garbage via a direct ballot referendum. Good luck with either that or the courts sans the constitutional amendment.
Reparation’s: more tax payer money for lazy a##es. How much money can we pore into an ethnic group over decades and still have the same results, just look at the looting, gang violence and drugs today, nothing will change thier MO
In all reality California is already bankrupt. It now runs as a ponzi scheme. The legislature can only shuffle debt around so long. They are desparate for uncle sugar to step in. All the while their existing tax bases, corporate and population are migrating out of state while the homeless and stateless are migrating in. Reparations? My sweet Agnes.
“I’m wondering what all the Mexicans in California are gonna say...”
“40 acres and a mule”
California is losing lots of productive, sane voter citizens and tilting more and more toward the insane gibsmedat class.
It won’t be long before the underclasses vote to give themselves all the money in the California. Heck, they might even try to grab all the money in the whole USA. Doesn’t matter. They will never see a dime because there won’t be any businesses or productive people left in CA to pay it.
“We need a comprehensive approach to dismantling the legacy of slavery and systemic racism,” Wilson added.
The easiest way to end the legacy is to stop talking about it. The systemic part can be tackled with a Civil Rights Act....oh, that was done in 1964 by the Republicans.
“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.”
This is all puff and bluster to make it to November. These “programs” are already in place. They are called MediCal and public schools (without school choice).
When most blacks in California find they are not eligible and those that do find out there is nothing extra for them, they will revolt, only to have already been replaced with millions of newly amnestied illegals.
This is the best description of ignorati to date.
EC
Thewre is no real cure or solution for inequality
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