Activists demanded California pay millions of dollars to each Black resident in reparations, dismissing payments of $5 million per person as 'nothing' and 'too little.'
Activists on Wednesday demanded that the state of California pay millions of dollars to each Black resident as reparations for slavery and subsequent discrimination, dismissing payments of $5 million per person as "nothing" and "too little."pay millions of dollars to each Black resident in reparations as a way to make amends for slavery and subsequent discrimination, dismissing the idea of payments of $5 million per person as"nothing" and"too little.
Reverend Tony Pierce calls for more than $5 million in reparations for each Black Californian at a meeting of the California Reparations Task Force on March 29, 2023.Both ideas are skimping on what's necessary to pay Black Californians, according to activists who spoke at the gathering. "To try to keep holding foundational Black Americans back from what is due for us is just another form of slavery," he concluded."It is preposterous and totally absurd."
Pierce argued that $5 million spread over 50 years would only amount to $100,000 year, and then with taxes,"you'll be lucky if you end up withThe reverend added that $223,000 for housing isn't sufficient, saying anti-Black discrimination such as"predatory lending" is prevalent.Lisa Holder, a member of the California Reparations Task Force, at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022.
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