After nearly three years of work, the California Reparation Task Force released estimates on restitution amounts for eligible Black residents.
, who directed the force's nine members to study how California's history of slavery and racial discrimination has harmed Black residents and to recommend cash payments that would restore justice to them.vary depending on racial harms, which include over-policing, housing discriminations, and business devaluations, among other factors, as well as the length of time they've lived in California, estimates range from $2,300 to $77,000 per person.
"In California, what we are looking at is everything from Jim Crow racism and discrimination up through contemporary issues with political disenfranchisement, mass incarceration, ongoing threats against Black communities over policing," task force member Jovan Scott Lewis."So, in a way what we're talking about is a series of harms that are identified as the lingering effects of slavery.
Kamilah Moore , chair of the California Reparations Task Force, and Dr. Amos C. Brown , vice chair, listen to public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, on September 22, 2022. The California Reparation Task Force released a report on May 3, 2023, estimating how much money will be given to eligible Black residents.Theoretically, under the plan, a 71-year-old Black person who has lived in California for their whole life could receive more than $1.
The documents released on Monday come ahead of Saturday's big vote when members will meet in Oakland to decide whether or not to adopt the draft report. Those recommendations will then be sent to the California Legislature, which will create a new bill that will be sent to Newsom to sign off on.
"Delay of reparations is in itself an injustice that causes more suffering and may ultimately deny justice, especially to the elderly among the harmed," the report states.
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