Despite recommendations from a California task force to make reparations a reality, residents of the Golden State still oppose doing so by two-to-one margin, according to a new poll from the Berkel…
Over the last few years, the idea of reparations — which would compensate the descendants of American slaves — has surfaced across the country. And a state task force recently recommended making cash reparations a reality in California. But voters in the Golden State oppose doing so by a roughly two-to-one margin, according to a new poll from the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies.
The task force was created after the death of George Floyd, a Black man was murdered by a White police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. In the aftermath of his death, the country faced a racial reckoning — and in California, it led to the formation of the Reparations Task Force. In June of 2023, that team released itsof the legacy of slavery, and its recommendations for relief for those most affected.
“Without a remedy specifically targeted to dismantle our country’s racist foundations and heal the injuries inflicted by colonial and American governments, the ‘badges and incidents of slavery’ will continue to harm African Americans in almost all aspects of American life,” the report reads.
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