California Lawmakers Introduce Reparations Package To Dismantle ‘Legacy of Slavery and Systemic Racism’
The bills aim to restore race-based eminent domain property takings, prohibit hairstyle discrimination, and formally apologize for slavery — but they don’t include direct cash compensation.
As Black History Month kicks off, California lawmakers are planning to introduce a first-of-its-kind package of more than a dozen bills aimed at making reparations to Black Americans for the country’s legacy of slavery.
The proposals are a series of sweeping reforms that could face legal challenges like affirmative action in higher education did, Politico reports, but the bills notably do not include the highly-contentious idea of direct cash payments to descendants of enslaved African Americans. California entered the Union as a free, non-slavery state in 1850 and later deployed thousands of troops to fight for the north during the Civil War.
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