by Kamal Sultan, Daily Mail:
- California’s reparations task force approved recommendations which could give black residents $1.2million each as compensation for slavery and discrimination
- But activists believe it is ‘nowhere near enough’ and demanded $200million as some called it a ‘further injustice’ and others called for direct cash payments
- Previous calculations from economists predicted the reparations could cost around $800billion- more than twice California’s $300 billion annual budget
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California’s reparations task force has approved recommendations which could give black residents $1.2million each as compensation for slavery and discrimination.
The nine-member committee voted Saturday to approve proposals on how the state can compensate and apologize for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.
A black resident in California who has lived in the state their whole life until the age of 71 could receive more than $1.2million in compensation, if the recommendations are forged into law.
But residents who attended the official meeting in Oakland hit out at the estimated costs of reparations, which some believe it is ‘nowhere near enough,’ demanding $200million direct cash payments to individuals instead.
California became the first state to form a reparations task force in September 2020 following national protests over the death of George Floyd who was killed by a white Minneapolis Police officer.
alifornia’s reparations task force has approved recommendations which could give black residents $1.2million each as compensation for slavery and discrimination
Residents, including Reverend Tony Pierce, believe it is ‘nowhere near enough’ and demanded $200million as some called it a ‘further injustice’ and others called for direct cash payments
Its final report is to be sent to lawmakers before July 1 where it will forecast compensation estimates calculated by several economists the group is working with.
The amount these reparations would cost the state were not outlined in the report but previous calculations from economists predicted it could cost around $800billion- more than twice California’s approximate $300 billion annual budget.
The report suggests that the amounts, based on what has been lost to specific types of racial discrimination, should be paid back to black residents.
This includes $2,352 lost per person per year for the over-policing and mass incarceration of black communities and $3,366 per person per year of residence between 1933 and 1977 for ‘discriminatory lending and zoning’.
And $13,619 per person per year of residence in California for ‘injustices and discrimination in health’ and $77,000 per person for black-owned business losses and devaluations is included in the figure.
This means a lifelong black California resident aged at least 71 could receive more than $1.2million in compensation.
But the 100 residents and activists who gathered at the meeting were not impressed with the calculations in the report.
Reverend Tony Pierce aired his frustration and pointed to the country’s ‘broken promise’ to offer 40 acres and a mule to newly freed slaves.
He said: ‘You know that the numbers should be equivocal to what an acre was back then. We were given 40, OK? We were given 40 acres.
‘You know what that number is. You keep trying to talk about now, yet you research back to slavery and you say nothing about slavery, nothing.
‘So, the equivocal number from the 1860s for 40 acres to today is $200 million for each and every African-American.’
He then hit out at the panel for not being ambitious enough with the reparations plan.
‘You’re not supposed to be afraid,’ he added. ‘You’re just supposed to tell the truth. You’re not supposed to be the gatekeepers. You’re supposed to say what the people want and hear from the people.’
