Democratic Assemblyman Ash Kalra became emotional as he expounded on the need for reparations to descendants of slaves A California Democrat held back tears earlier this month when a Republican lawmaker said it would be unfair to make Asians and Latinos pay slavery reparations to African-Americans The exchange happened on June 11 during a meeting of the California Assembly Committee on Judiciary. The lawmakers were discussing SB 1331, a bill that would establish the "Fund for Reparations and Reparative Justice" in the state treasury — the culmination of a monthslong initiative by California Democrats to develop a reparation proposal for...
