California’s first-in-the-nation reparations 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.
Critics pin their opposition partly on the fact that California was never a slave state and say current taxpayers should not be responsible for damage linked to events that germinated hundreds of years ago.
Financial redress is just one part of the package being considered. Other proposals include paying incarcerated inmates market value for their labor, establishing free wellness centers and planting more trees in Black communities, banning cash bail, and adopting a K-12 Black studies curriculum. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday said from Ghana that she and President Joe Biden support a reparations study, but the president has so far sidestepped calls from advocates to create a federal commission.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
California Gov. Newsom hails new price gouging law: 'California took on Big Oil and won''We proved we can actually beat big oil,' Newsom said during a signing ceremony in the state Capitol today.
Consulte Mais informação »
Reparations for Black people in California could cost $800 billionThere's a proposal to compensate Black people for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination.
Consulte Mais informação »
Reparations for black residents could cost California more than $800 billionIn an effort to compensate black residents for generations of housing discrimination, overpolicing, and other racially motivated policies, California officials would need to allocate more than $800 billion to reparation payments.
Consulte Mais informação »
Black female athletes: Having Black female coach is crucialSouth Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she even suited up for the Gamecocks. It wasn't just Staley's coaching accolades, which include fueling South Carolina’s meteoric rise in women’s basketball, that sold Beal.
Consulte Mais informação »
Texas has thousands of schools without a Black teacher. Here's how San Antonio stacks up.San Antonio schools face teacher shortages and a lack of Black teachers, leaving Black students with little representation.
Consulte Mais informação »
Reparations for Black Californians could top $800 billionIt could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations. The preliminary estimate is more than 2.5 times California's $300 billion annual budget, and does not include a recommended $1 million per older Black resident for health disparities that have shortened their average life span. Black residents may not receive cash payments anytime soon, if ever, because the state may never adopt the economists' calculations.
Consulte Mais informação »