Opinion: California is studying reparations for African Americans. Here's how the program might work. [Opinion]
is San Diego City Council president pro tem where she represents District 4 and is one of nine members on the California Reparations Task Force. She lives in Skyline., which created the first state-based reparations task force for African Americans in the nation. This task force aims to study the harms of slavery and how the legacy of racism and discrimination uniquely affected African Americans after abolition.
California leads the way in many positive initiatives. Still, unfortunately, it has also led the nation in some of the most racist policies since gaining its statehood. In fact, more than 1,500 enslaved African American people resided in California when the state enacted the Fugitive Slave Act of 1857, which increased the risk of African Americans’ arrest and deportation to the South.
Across the world, there is evidence of communities working to repair harm. Part of that involves awakening and acknowledging those wrongs and developing an approach to making things right again.
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