The leader of California's reparations task force said it won't take a stance on how much the state should compensate Black residents whom economists estimate may be owed more than $800 billion.
The preliminary estimate for reparations is more than 2.5 times California's $300 billion annual budget.
Black residents may not receive cash payments anytime soon, if ever, because the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom will ultimately decide whether any reparations are to be paid. The task force faces a July 1 deadline to recommend the forms of compensation to be awarded and who should receive it, along with other remedies to repair the harm.
"My family came from the South because they were running for their lives, they were fearful of being lynched, just for voting," said Charlton Curry of Sacramento, California, who discusses reparations on his Big C Sports podcast. "No amount of money could ever 'make right' the evil of slavery, and it is insulting to suggest that it could," he said in an email to The Associated Press, adding that Black communities relied on faith and family to build thriving communities following slavery. "Some of these communities only began coming apart after we lost sight of these values, which also hold the key to these communities' restoration.
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