Calif. group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants
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California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century,
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Black reparations panel could decide who gets compensation
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Calif. group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations is at a crossroads, with members divided on which Black Americans should be eligible for compensation as atonement for a slave system that officially
Remember when California's legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom passed a plan to look into reparations for the state's black residents? Well, things aren't going so well for the panel that
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations is at a crossroads, with members divided on which Black Americans should be eligible for compensation as atonement for a slave system that officially ended with the Civil War but reverberates to this day.
California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century,
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans voted 5-4 Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century.
Since California’s task force on reparations first convened in June, the question of eligibility has been hotly debated. On Tuesday, the group decided that instead of including all Black people, compensation will be limited to descendants of slaves.
A first-in-the nation task force charged with studying the issue of reparations for Black Californians voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people.
