Any document that begins with the premise that “racist” laws and policies “cumulatively created this nation” is bound to be a divisive incoherent mess. But Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been the key cheerleader of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African…
Any document that begins with the premise that “racist” laws and policies “cumulatively created this nation” is bound to be a divisive incoherent mess. But Gov. Gavin Newsom has been the key cheerleader of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, and he should be held politically accountable for every terrible idea in the commission’s final report.
Taken by itself, even a one-time payment to people who have never been enslaved is immensely and justifiably unpopular. A poll taken just last month by the University of Massachusetts found that 65% of adults opposed reparations compared to just 35% who supported them. That poll didn’t even include additional lifetime free money.
Some by themselves would be good policy if they weren’t applied on racial lines. For example, the task force calls for expanded access to career and technical education. This is a good idea. Not everybody should go to a four-year college. But being the racists they are, the task force members limit the program to descendants of slaves only.
The reality is that California used to be one of the best places in the country for black families to live. Between 1940 and 1980, the black population of California grew from just 2% to almost 8%. This is even more impressive considering that at the time California’s entire population more than doubled.
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