A Democratic lawmaker proposed exempting black people from paying taxes as a form of reparations last week.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas said on an episode of “The Black Lawyers Podcast” that a celebrity – she could not remember who – inspired her to look at exempting black people from paying taxes, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/democrat-congresswoman-suggests-black-people-be-exempt-from-paying-taxes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>.
“I don’t know that that’s … necessarily a bad idea,” Crockett remembered thinking when she heard the proposal. “One of the things they propose is black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because … that puts money back in your pocket.”
Crockett said that a tax exemption may be a more palatable reparations solution to get behind rather than “actually giving out dollars.” The shortfall is that the proposal would only help those black people who are currently paying taxes.
“If you do the no tax thing, for people that are already, say, struggling and not paying taxes in the first place — ” Crockett said.
Progressive Democrats have backed reparations as a way to pay black Americans for the United States’ history of slavery for years, though the proposal has failed to gain popular support. Even in deep blue California, nearly 60% of voters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-60-of-california-voters-oppose-cash-reparations-for-slavery-poll">said</a> they opposed such a policy. Just 28% of California voters support it, according to a September poll by the University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies.
Elected Democrats have continued to push the policy, however. In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul in December <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-bill-creating-task-force-to-consider-race-based-reparations">signed</a> legislation creating a commission to study the issue. The bill set forth a nine-member committee tasked with examining “the institution of slavery” and making “determinations regarding compensation.”
In January, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) called for reparations in a post on X. Bush said that the United States “owes” the descendants of slaves.
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“Our country owes – OWES – a debt to the descendants of enslaved Black people, not just for slavery, but for what followed, like Black Codes, red lining, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cori-bush-demands-reparations-gets-a-virtual-earful-instead">said</a>. “That’s why I introduced my Reparations NOW resolution. This country has an obligation.”
Aside from its unpopularity with Americans, reparations have faced other hurdles, such as questions over legality and who would qualify for the special treatment. Critics have said that such a policy would be racist against Americans who had nothing to do with the historic racism against black people.

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Sunny Hostin of ABC’s “The View,” who recently discovered that her ancestors were slave owners, insisted that she still deserves slave reparations.
Hostin was <a href="https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/far-and-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interviewed</a> on PBS’s “Finding Your Roots” by host Henry Louis Gates Jr.
He informed her that her great-great-great grandfather, born in 1824, was the son of a merchant who was likely involved in the slave trade. Her great-great-great grandfather owned at least one human being, Gates Jr. stated. That side of the family came from Spain.
&#8220;Wow. I’m a little bit in shock; I just always thought of myself as Puerto Rican,&#8221; Hostin, whose husband comes from Spain, responded. &#8220;You know, half Puerto Rican. I didn’t think I was a – my family was originally from Spain and slaveholders.&#8221;
“So how are you feeling, my friend?” Gates Jr. asked.
“I think it’s actually pretty interesting that my husband and I have shared roots, so I do appreciate that,” she answered. “And I think it’s great for our children to know this information. I guess it’s a fact of life that this is how some people made their living, on the backs of others.”
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The View host Sunny Hostin is a staunch proponent of slavery reparations.
She went on PBS to explore her ancestry.
Turns out, she is the descendant of slave-owners from Spain who owned Africans.
This was her reaction when she found out: <a href="https://t.co/yFBgjMOSGc">pic.twitter.com/yFBgjMOSGc</a>
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On Thursday’s episode of The View, Hostin spoke of the revelation regarding her family, stating, “At first I was deeply disappointed.”
Co-host Joy Behar chimed in, “This slave thing, it’s a bummer.”
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“It’s a bummer,” Hostin repeated, then continued, “I still believe in reparations, by the way. So, y&#8217;all can stop texting me and emailing me and saying that I&#8217;m a white girl and I don&#8217;t deserve reparations! &#8230; I still believe in reparations. I still believe this country has a lot to do in terms of racial justice.”
Hostin spoke of her mother, saying, “Her race is white, She’s European,” adding of her mother’s reaction to the news of her ancestry: “She was deeply disappointed. She actually cried about it. And then she said maybe that&#8217;s why I have been so connected to black culture because it&#8217;s an atonement in my spirit. And I received that. I also found out – and there were slaves on both sides of our family, mother’s and father’s. But we are seven percent indigenous Puerto Rican!”
In October 2022, Hostin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-host-sunny-hostin-fumes-being-called-racist-social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, “People need to start just looking up what the definition of racism is. It’s really a power dynamic. It’s not just about the color of your skin, and I think when you talk about those who committed crimes that owe reparations, those are the people who committed the atrocities of slavery, who stole land, who killed indigenous people.”
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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cori-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) got a virtual earful in response to her latest demand for &#8220;reparations,&#8221; in which she claimed that black Americans were &#8220;OWED&#8221; restitution for the damages wrought by slavery, Jim Crow laws, and other policies.
Bush took to X to outline her grievances and announce that she had put forth a resolution designed to address them.
&#8220;Our country owes – OWES – a debt to the descendants of enslaved Black people, not just for slavery, but for what followed, like Black Codes, red lining, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration,&#8221; she posted. &#8220;That’s why I introduced my Reparations NOW resolution. This country has an obligation.&#8221;
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Our country owes–OWES–a debt to the descendants of enslaved Black people, not just for slavery, but for what followed, like Black Codes, red lining, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
That’s why I introduced my Reparations NOW resolution. This country has an obligation.
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1744475131626271005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Critics questioned Bush&#8217;s knowledge and understanding of history, noting that every one of the policies she had taken issue with had been authored, supported, and even championed by her own party: Democrats.
&#8220;All Democrat policies,&#8221; radio host Dana Loesch pointed out, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;m totally for your party making amends for what it did — including to Indigenous Americans when they sent them on the Democrat Genocide Trail.&#8221;
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All Democrat policies. I&#39;m totally for your party making amends for what it did &#8212; including to Indigenous Americans when they sent them on the Democrat Genocide Trail. <a href="https://t.co/1YFc0xz6wC">https://t.co/1YFc0xz6wC</a>
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1744766343323238643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Maybe *your* party does, but I&#8217;m a Republican,&#8221; Chad Felix Greene added.
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Maybe *your* party does, but I&#39;m a Republican. <a href="https://t.co/oKvCdSutm6">https://t.co/oKvCdSutm6</a>
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&#8220;Given her list of grievances, sounds like Cori Bush is calling for the Democrat party to be sued,&#8221; another posted.
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Given her list of grievances, sounds like Cori Bush is calling for the Democrat party to be sued. <a href="https://t.co/JgeK1ACsCr">https://t.co/JgeK1ACsCr</a>
&mdash; Mary Beth | ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ 🦅🇺🇸 (@mbhouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/mbhouse/status/1744831957786096022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Mass incarceration you say @CoriBush? Your Democrat boys BillClinton and @POTUS did that. You think you get to vote for the problem AND demand compensation for it?&#8221; @thevivafrei wanted to know.
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Mass incarceration you say <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoriBush</a>?
Your Democrat boys BillClinton and <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> did that. 
You think you get to vote for the problem AND demand compensation for it? <a href="https://t.co/MbFHsKNPhK">https://t.co/MbFHsKNPhK</a>
&mdash; Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) <a href="https://twitter.com/thevivafrei/status/1744828014569865474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Marina Medvin argued that families whose loved ones died fighting to end slavery during the American Civil War ought to be eligible for reparations as well, posting, &#8220;360,000 Union soldiers died in the Civil War. They paid with their lives to end slavery. If reparations were due it would be directly to the slaves AND to the families of Union soldiers killed— out of the pockets of Confederate slave owners, not from US citizens 160 years later. Many of those asked to pay today have already paid for slavery with the lives of their ancestors.&#8221;
&#8220;This discussion is both absurd and insulting to US history,&#8221; Medvin continued. &#8220;Note to Conservatives— Do not allow the talk of reparations to go on without demanding reparations for families of Union soldiers. The left wants to play. Go play.&#8221;
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360,000 Union soldiers died in the Civil War. They paid with their lives to end slavery. If reparations were due it would be directly to the slaves AND to the families of Union soldiers killed— out of the pockets of Confederate slave owners, not from US citizens 160 years later.… <a href="https://t.co/2LbcZWKtA7">https://t.co/2LbcZWKtA7</a>
&mdash; Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1744780448515977339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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New York will begin deliberations on reparations for slavery after Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kathy-hochul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kathy Hochul</a> signed legislation Tuesday creating a commission to consider the race-based payments. 
In June, New York lawmakers passed a bill that called for a nine-member commission to “examine the institution of slavery” and “make determinations regarding compensation.” Three of the task force members will be appointed by the governor, three by the state Assembly, and three by the state Senate, according to the <a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1163/amendment/A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>. The commission will have a year to submit a written report on its findings and recommendations to the state legislature, the bill stipulates.
“In New York, we like to think we&#8217;re on the right side of this. Slavery was a product of the South, the Confederacy,” said Hochul, who was flanked by social justice activist Al Sharpton at the bill signing ceremony, the Associated Press <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/york-set-commission-consider-reparations-163629026.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. &#8220;What is hard to embrace is the fact that our state also flourished from that slavery. It&#8217;s not a beautiful story, but indeed it is the truth.”
New York joins other Democrat-led states that have established reparations commissions after California was the first to do so in 2020 followed by <a href="https://adcrc.illinois.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a>. California’s reparations task force determined that the state was responsible for dishing out over $500 billion to black Americans even though slavery was illegal in California when it joined the Union in 1850.
The task force also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> a plan that suggested paying up to $1.2 million to black residents who descended from slaves or free African Americans who lived in the U.S. before 1900, and the state legislature is expected to look into the recommendations.
In New York, State Senate Republican leader Rob Ortt said that the commission’s recommendations would come at an “astronomical cost” to taxpayers and argued that reparations have already been paid.
“The reparations of slavery were paid with the blood and lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans who fought to end slavery during the Civil War,” Ortt said.
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Along with the state of California, some cities across the country put together task forces in a renewed push for reparations which came in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing demonstrations and riots in 2020. In Detroit, two members of the city’s Reparations Task Force — including one of the co-chairs — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/members-resign-from-detroits-reparations-task-force-over-lack-of-progress-no-broad-strategic-vision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped down</a> earlier this month, citing their growing frustration over the “lack of progress” and a missing “broad strategic vision” less than a year after the group was formed.
“I think, collectively, that group of people has different ideas about what reparations is fundamentally and we didn’t get to a place where we had a broad strategic vision,” said former task force co-chair Lauren Hood.

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Two members of Detroit’s Reparations Task Force — including one of the co-chairs — stepped down last weekend, citing their growing frustration over the “lack of progress” and a missing “broad strategic vision” less than a year after the group was formed. 
Co-chair Lauren Hood said she and task force member Maurice Weeks had been thinking about stepping down for months as the group lobbied Detroit’s City Council for help, The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/12/04/2-members-resign-from-detroits-reparations-task-force/71799468007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Both Hood and Weeks resigned during the task force’s meeting on Saturday, which was the group’s first public meeting since August. 
&#8220;I think, collectively, that group of people has different ideas about what reparations is fundamentally and we didn&#8217;t get to a place where we had a broad strategic vision,&#8221; Hood said. &#8220;I&#8217;m happy that we&#8217;re now getting things done. We&#8217;ve got some partners who can help us organize existing information that will help make decisions, but we also still desperately need a strategy for how we engage the public around this work.&#8221;
The Reparations Task Force was launched in April of last year and is <a href="https://detroitmi.gov/government/city-council/city-council-president-district-5/reparations-task-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assigned</a> with formulating housing and economic development recommendations that address “historical discrimination” against Detroit’s black community, according to the city. Hood said that she was frustrated with the lack of meetings and opportunities for the public to hear about the task force’s work. 
&#8220;We haven&#8217;t had a public meeting in a few months so the impetus was there just because we had a public opportunity to let folks know what was happening,&#8221; Hood said. &#8220;We had some concerns at the last meeting that we had and nothing really changed. So it&#8217;s just like, how long do you stay the course when you don&#8217;t see anything changing?&#8221;
<a href="https://www.boston.gov/news/members-reparations-task-force-announced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cities</a> <a href="https://phlcouncil.com/reparations-application-announcement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">across</a> the country, and even the state of California, put together task forces in a renewed push for reparations which came in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing demonstrations and riots in 2020. California lawmakers are expected to look into recommendations from the state’s Reparations Task Force after it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved a plan</a> that <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/black-reparations-price-tag-california-00110137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> paying up to $1.2 million to black residents who descended from slaves or free African Americans who lived in the U.S. before 1900. 
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As for Detroit, voters who overwhelmingly approved the Reparations Task Force two years ago will have to wait to see if the group comes up with any plan. The task force was given a $350,000 budget and has 18 months to submit a written report to the city council on its findings and recommendations, according to The Detroit News. The once-13-member board is now down to 10 members following Hood and Week’s departure and the death of Rev. JoAnn Watson in July. 
&#8220;The work we do on ourselves, the work we do with each other as humans first is part of the process of repair internally that needs to happen before we try to design this thing, externally and citywide,&#8221; said Hood. &#8220;And it just didn&#8217;t seem like everybody was on the same page about that.&#8221;

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Members Resign From Detroit's Reparations Task Force Over Lack Of 'Progress,' No 'Broad Strategic Vision'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> voters are against cash reparations for slavery by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a new poll.
Nearly 60% of California voters said they oppose cash reparations payments, compared with 28% who said they would support it, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-10/new-poll-finds-california-voters-resounding-oppose-paying-reparations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll.
More than 4 in 10 voters said they were “strongly” opposed to cash reparations, the poll found.
“It has a steep uphill climb, at least from the public’s point of view,” <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-10/new-poll-finds-california-voters-resounding-oppose-paying-reparations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Mark DiCamillo, the poll&#8217;s director.
California has been examining the possibility of reparations since 2020 when the country was reeling from George Floyd&#8217;s police custody death and the violent protests that followed.
In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed the law that set up the California Reparations Task Force, whose goal was to determine what cash slavery reparations could look like for black Californians.
In June, California’s task force sent its final report to the legislature after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chaos-at-californias-black-reparations-public-hearing-report-sent-to-legislature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chaotic last public hearing</a> where advocates shouted for a national “divorce” settlement for black Americans.
The reparations task force&#8217;s <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/full-ca-reparations.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> recommended several remedies for the country’s legacy of slavery, including suggesting that monetary payments are owed to the descendants of African American slaves, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/sparks-fly-at-californias-final-reparations-task-force-meeting-nows-the-time-for-a-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amounting</a> to $1.2 million for some people.
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The report did not recommend an exact dollar amount for every black Californian, but it did give several examples.
A 71-year-old black person who has lived in California all their life, for example, would be entitled to $967,000 due to health discrimination, the panel <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-reparations-task-foce-read-final-report-rcna91452" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. Black people who had suffered due to aggressive policing and prosecution in the “war on drugs” from 1971 to 2020 and lived in California during that time would be entitled to $115,000, the report said.
It is unclear whether the legislature will adopt any of the reparations task force’s recommendations, even though Democrats have a supermajority in the legislature.
Governor Gavin Newsom supports the task force, but Newsom has been careful not to comment on specific recommendations for reparations, including cash payments to black Americans.
“I am very mindful of our past,” he <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/29/california-slavery-reparations-00104249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in June.
Meanwhile, San Francisco has its own reparations effort, the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, which was also set up in 2020 by the city&#8217;s board of supervisors.
The San Francisco committee eventually came up with the idea of giving each qualifying black resident $5 million in reparations.
The chairman of the committee <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/27/san-francisco-reparations-black-5-million/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> they did not use a mathematical formula to come up with the $5 million number.
John Dennis, chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/27/san-francisco-reparations-black-5-million/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in February that he was open to a conversation about reparations, but criticized the committee&#8217;s report as unserious.
“This is just a bunch of like-minded people who got in the room and came up with a number,” Dennis said. “You’ll notice in that report, there was no justification for the number, no analysis provided. This was an opportunity to do some serious work and they blew it.”
Across the country, only about 30% of Americans say descendants of slaves should be repaid in some way, while 77% of black Americans say so, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/11/28/black-and-white-americans-are-far-apart-in-their-views-of-reparations-for-slavery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a 2021 Pew Research poll.

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California&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-praises-reparations-task-force-doesnt-endorse-plan-for-1-2-million-payouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reparations Task Force</a> raised eyebrows with a few of its recent proposals — namely suggesting that black residents should not be held responsible for back child support debt and public urination laws should not be enforced at all.
According to the task force&#8217;s <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/full-ca-reparations.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">final report</a>, &#8220;discriminatory laws&#8221; are responsible for the large number of black children born to unwed mothers — resulting in a higher percentage of black fathers who owe child support.
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Additionally, the report determined that the state&#8217;s 10% interest applied to back child support debt makes it more difficult for black fathers to further their educations while trying to keep ahead of payments. For those reasons, the task force has called for the interest on such child support payments to be waived and for back child support debt to be erased if the debtor is black.
&#8220;The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation to terminate all interest accrued on back child support, requiring only the payment of the principal owed. At a minimum, the proposal recommends that the Legislature eliminate the prospective accrual of interest on child support debt for low-income parents,&#8221; the report read.
Additionally, the report called for a total ban on police enforcing public urination laws.
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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-reparations-task-force-calls-ban-police-enforcing-public-urination-laws?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arguing</a> that the enforcement of public urination laws — as well as other &#8220;public nuisance&#8221; offenses — amounted to &#8220;criminalizing poverty,&#8221; the task force found that having police as the first point of contact raised the risk of a confrontation that could turn violent.
Advocating for a &#8220;public health&#8221; approach rather than one rooted in law enforcement, the task force said, &#8220;This disconnect often results in the use of excessive and sometimes fatal force that falls disproportionately on Black individuals. Given the devastating impacts of this kind of over-policing, the Task Force recommends that the Legislature prohibit law enforcement from criminally enforcing public disorder infractions and other low-level crimes.&#8221;

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California Reparations Task Force Wants Black Residents Free To Skip Out On Child Support

Gavin Newsom

Systemic Racism

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California&#8217;s</a> slavery reparations task force sent its final report to the legislature this week after a chaotic last public hearing where advocates shouted for a national “divorce” settlement for black Americans.
The <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/full-ca-reparations.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the California Department of Justice’s Reparations Task Force recommended several remedies for the country&#8217;s legacy of slavery.
The task force met for the last time on Thursday in Sacramento, where more than 200 people showed up, and several passionate California residents began shouting during the meeting&#8217;s public comment section.
“What do we want?” one man <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/california-black-reparations-task-force-concludes-2-year-work/44385515#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shouted</a>.
“Reparations,” the crowd responded.
“When do we want them?” the man asked.
“Now!” the crowd said.
Reggie Romaine, a black man, spoke at the task force meeting and called for a national &#8220;divorce&#8221; settlement between black Americans and the country.
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“This reparations task force, I appreciate y’all. But you all opened up a whole can of worms. I’m going to tell you this. Reparations is about repair. To me, I qualify. I’m going to tell you how you repair this,” Romaine <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/sparks-fly-at-californias-final-reparations-task-force-meeting-nows-the-time-for-a-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“First of all, America, from the evidence that they gave us, you’re guilty,” he said. “In 1619 we were eating fool food! You kidnapped us! Put a hate crime on us! That’s the first one. Now you came here with all the other atrocities. When you brought us here, you raped our men, women, and kids. So, therefore, you married us!”
“Don’t treat us like no cheap piece of meat!” Romaine told the board. “So, therefore, our last name’s ‘American!’ So now’s the time for a divorce! What do you get in divorce? You get half the money, half the land, alimony, child support, attorney fees, and everything else! So that’s what we want!”
Among the reparations task force report&#8217;s more than 100 recommendations for “critically needed law and policy reforms” are a formal apology from California, repealing the state&#8217;s affirmative action ban, and creating an agency to analyze claims from descendants of slaves.
The two-year report, which spans 1,100 pages, also suggested that monetary payments are owed to the descendants of African American slaves, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/sparks-fly-at-californias-final-reparations-task-force-meeting-nows-the-time-for-a-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amounting</a> to $1.2 million for some people. The report did not recommend an exact dollar amount for every black Californian to receive from the state, but it did give several examples.
A 71-year-old black person who has lived in California all their life, for example, would be entitled to $967,000 due to health discrimination, the panel <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-reparations-task-foce-read-final-report-rcna91452" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. Black people who had suffered due to aggressive policing and prosecution in the “war on drugs” from 1971 to 2020 and lived in California during that time would be entitled to $115,000, the report said.
It is unclear whether the legislature will adopt any of the reparations task force&#8217;s recommendations, even though Democrats have a supermajority in the legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom supports the task force.
Newsom signed the law that set up the task force in 2020, as the country was reeling from violent protests in the aftermath of George Floyd&#8217;s death in police custody in Minneapolis.
However, Newsom has been careful not to comment on specific recommendations for reparations, including cash payments to black Americans.
“I am very mindful of our past,” he <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/29/california-slavery-reparations-00104249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday.
Only about 30% of Americans say descendants of slaves should be repaid in some way, while 77% of black Americans say so, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/11/28/black-and-white-americans-are-far-apart-in-their-views-of-reparations-for-slavery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a 2021 Pew Research poll.

California Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022.

Chaos At California’s Black Reparations Public Hearing, Report Sent To Legislature

Chaos At California's Black Reparations Public Hearing, Report Sent To Legislature

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Many individuals believe that burning sage can provide you with certain benefits such as a better night&#8217;s rest and warding off spirits. Whether that&#8217;s true or not, it probably isn&#8217;t wise to try that sleeping aid strategy in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston City Hall</a> late at night without permission.
Yet that&#8217;s exactly what Boston police allege 35-year-old George Williams, Boston&#8217;s Reparations Task Force project coordinator, has been doing. Authorities say that Williams overstayed his welcome at The Hub&#8217;s city hall for the past three weeks while showing arguably erratic behavior. On Thursday night, Williams was arrested for allegedly trespassing in an upstairs office at 9:40 p.m. Eastern.
According to a police report, city employees say that throughout May, they have had difficulties “with him trespassing in the building after hours, and at times becoming aggressive and threatening other staff members inside of City Hall.&#8221;
Williams, who has been arrested for multiple drug offenses in the past, according to Massachusetts-based outlet <a href="https://tbdailynews.com/crystal-meth-addict-hired-by-michelle-wu-to-run-bostons-reparations-task-force-despite-plethora-of-criminal-charges-now-lives-in-city-hall-gets-arrested-for-throwing-dustpan-at-cop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TB Daily News</a>, was allegedly found non-verbal in an off-limits room while sage burned Thursday evening. How did he get there? Well, he allegedly chased off a custodian to gain access to the room.
He was originally asked to leave by police, but became hostile, <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/coordinator-bostons-reparations-task-force-fired-after-being-arrested-inside-city-hall/CYDNXIZWPFFVZKGOVMKJWGCF4Q/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox 25. Williams is accused of lunging at an officer before picking up a dustpan and broom to clean up his mess. When authorities requested him to leave again, he allegedly swept debris in their direction.
If it sounds bizarre, readers should know that police suspected he was on drugs. Officials finally de-escalated the situation and were able to haul him away, but not before he tried to attack a second member of Boston police, Fox 25 reported.
As readers can tell, only the best and the brightest get hired by Boston&#8217;s woke Mayor Michelle Wu. Williams was picked by Wu to serve as part of her Reparations Task Force in 2022.
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That task force is supposed to be &#8220;working with a research partner to release a study on the legacy of slavery in Boston and its impact on descendants today.&#8221; Per the website, the Task Force is still looking for a research partner.
Slavery became <a href="https://www.mass.gov/guides/massachusetts-constitution-and-the-abolition-of-slavery#:~:text=In%201780%2C%20when%20the%20Massachusetts,judicial%20review%20to%20abolish%20slavery." target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal</a> in Boston and throughout the Bay State in 1783.
Nonetheless, the task force will also be engaging &#8220;the community throughout the process to include input from lived experience&#8221; and then provide recommendations &#8220;for reparative justice solutions for Black residents.&#8221;
Williams — however excited he once was to be a project coordinator with the group — is no longer a part of it. In a statement given to Fox 25, the city <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/coordinator-bostons-reparations-task-force-fired-after-being-arrested-inside-city-hall/CYDNXIZWPFFVZKGOVMKJWGCF4Q/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;George Williams was a part-time contractor. His contract has been terminated. We remain committed to the work of the Reparations Task Force and that work will continue.&#8221;
Now, here&#8217;s the real kicker. Would it surprise you that the possibly homeless half-dazed amateur horticulturist of sorts is a former college professor?
Yep, he once worked at the University of Colorado in the Sociology department, his now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230514062915/https://www.boston.gov/government/cabinets/equity-and-inclusion-cabinet/george-williams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deleted biography page on Boston.gov</a> stated.
If I were a betting man, and I am, then I would wager that Williams and any potential allies he has will blame his run-in with the law on systemic racism stemming from slavery. That sort of tactic works across America wherever so-called reparative, restorative, and racial justice is pursued. And just like Williams&#8217; previous arrests, it always ends with a slap on the wrist.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Boston’s Reparations Task Force Coordinator Fired After Burning Sage, Harassing Custodians, Sleeping In City Hall, And Getting Arrested: Report

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Michelle Wu

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s office said conservative media incorrectly presented his previous comments that appeared to indicate he did not support paying reparations to black Californians who were descendants of slaves and he is, in fact, open to the idea.
&#8220;The sensationalized framing in pieces published by outlets like Fox News and others is inaccurate,&#8221; Anthony York, chief communication advisor for Newsom, told <a href="https://archive.ph/pETLA#selection-1505.71-1505.120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sacramento Bee</a>. &#8220;The Governor looks forward to reviewing the final report — and all recommendations — when complete.&#8221;
Last week, the nine-member <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California Reparations Task Force</a> recommended that the state issue a formal reparative monetary apology, including distributing up to $1.2 million to eligible black California residents based on calculated dollar figures in categories ranging from mass incarceration to housing discrimination and other alleged injustices.
Newsom, who appointed five of the nine task force members, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-praises-reparations-task-force-doesnt-endorse-plan-for-1-2-million-payouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised the committee&#8217;s work to &#8220;advance systemic changes&#8221;</a> — but stopped short of endorsing its recommendation for cash payouts.
The governor told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that finding a way to address the &#8220;legacy&#8221; left behind by the institution of slavery was a complicated issue that was &#8220;about much more than cash payments.&#8221;
York told the Bee that Newsom has not declined to support issuing cash reparations payments to black residents, and he will meet with state lawmakers and review the final report.
California Democratic Sen. Steven Bradford, a task force member, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/california-officials-response-on-slavery-reparations-00096312">POLITICO</a> he wouldn&#8217;t count on state lawmakers to approve payments and that the comments from Newsom were &#8220;acknowledging political reality,&#8221; as reported by the outlet.
&#8220;I&#8217;m realistic enough to know that we might not have colleagues who are willing to do that,&#8221; Bradford said.
&#8220;I think he&#8217;s setting a real realistic expectation that there probably won&#8217;t be check payments in the tune of or the amount that we&#8217;ve batted around for the last two years since we started this process,&#8221; he added.
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Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3121 into law in 2020, authored by then-Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, which created a task force to explore how eligible black California residents could receive compensation for an exhaustive list of injustices since the state entered the Union in 1850. Although California joined the Union outlawing slavery, the draft states that it did not pass laws at the time to guarantee freedom.
Panel members recommended an apology from the California legislature that should include a &#8220;censure of the gravest barbarities carried out on behalf of the State.&#8221;
&#8220;Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address long-standing racial disparities and inequalities,&#8221; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) told The Associated Press.
According to the task force&#8217;s report, black communities impacted by mass incarceration and over-policing aligning with the national War on Drugs could receive about $115,260 per person, or $2,352 each year they lived in California from 1971-2020.
Panel members said black residents impacted by lending and zoning redlining by banks between 1933 and 1977 could receive $3,366 for each year they resided in California, capping at $148,099. Another method created by the panel calculated gaps between black and white &#8220;housing wealth&#8221; at $145,847 per person. Other alleged injustices and discriminations in health estimated $13,619 per person for each year lived in California.
Based on a New York Times analysis, a black person living in California for 71 years — the average life expectancy of black residents in California in 2021 — could receive up to $1.2 million. Some economists projected to The Associated Press that California could owe more than $800 billion in reparations, which more than doubles the state&#8217;s annual budget.
Newsom&#8217;s clarified stance on the reparations plan comes days after he announced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsoms-revised-budget-will-make-californias-budget-deficit-worse-even-as-state-mulls-enormous-reparations-package" target="_blank" rel="noopener">greater-than-anticipated state budget deficit</a> of roughly $31.5 billion — a $9 billion increase from the $22.5 billion deficit in the budget he proposed in January.
Task force members are scheduled to release the finalized report by July 1. If lawmakers approve the plan, the state will create a new agency to oversee the program, determine eligibility, and distribute funds.

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Newsom’s Office Now Says He’s Open To Reparations Payouts, Media ‘Sensationalized’ Previous Remarks

Newsom's Office Now Says He's Open To Reparations Payouts, Media 'Sensationalized' Previous Remarks

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> announced Friday that his state is already experiencing a greater-than-anticipated budget deficit.
In a press conference Friday, Newsom said that his budget proposal for the upcoming year had ballooned from $297 billion in January to $306.5 billion. As such, California is now facing a potential deficit of roughly $31.5 billion dollars, a $9 billion increase from the $22.5 billion deficit in the budget he proposed in January. The worsening budget shortfall comes even as the state proposes a gigantic reparations plan that dwarfs the state budget.
“This was not an easy budget, but I hope you see we tried to do our best to hold the line and take care of the most vulnerable, most needy, but still maintain prudence,” Newsom said during the press conference, via the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-12/california-budget-deficit-need-to-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Times</a>. “I have been very mindful of how concerned people have been about the impact on these fundamental core issues: education, homeless housing, healthcare, mental health, climate policy, public safety, broadly, and of course the issues of economic development, jobs, workforce development.”
Newsom has planned a series of cuts and offset spending in an effort to mitigate the state&#8217;s need to borrow. According to the <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article275315916.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sacramento Bee</a>, the revised budget pares back an additional $1.1 billion in spending, on top of the $5.7 billion in &#8220;reductions&#8221; to key pillars of his agenda — including climate, transportation, housing and workforce initiatives — which he originally proposed in January. However, the Los Angeles Times notes that much of the &#8220;reductions&#8221; are rollbacks of planned increases, not actually cutting spending below current levels. Furthermore, part of the additional $1.1 billion paring comes from moving unused monies into the state&#8217;s general fund.
In addition to rolling back spending increases, the budget proposal plans to add $7.4 billion in deferred spending for child care, transportation, and education. It also delays some $695 million in spending until later years. The plan also includes $3.9 billion in &#8220;trigger reductions,&#8221; temporary cuts he can re-instate if California&#8217;s fiscal state improves later.
The budget closes the remaining gaps with $4.9 billion in borrowing and new revenue, $7.5 billion from shifting funds around, and $450 million from the state&#8217;s safety net reserves, leaving $450 million remaining. The <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-budget-deficit-18088922.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Chronicle</a> notes that Newsom plans to add to the reserves to hedge against a future recession, which is part of why the budget increased despite an increasing deficit.
Even as Newsom plans to use financial gimmicks and moving money around in order to make his state&#8217;s ends meet, California&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-approves-plan-giving-up-to-1-2-million-to-each-black-resident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reparations</a> Task Force proposed its plan to repay residents who were descended from slaves or victims of discrimination. The nine-member panel, which became the first such task force in the United States to form in September 2020, advanced the plan recommendations in Oakland, California. The draft includes calculated dollar figures based on categories ranging from mass incarceration to housing discrimination, and other alleged injustices.
Based on a New York Times analysis, a black person living in California for 71 years — the average life expectancy of Black residents in California in 2021 — could receive up to $1.2 million. Some economists projected to The Associated Press that California could owe more than $800 billion in reparations, which more than doubles the state’s annual budget.
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Newsom himself <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newsom-praises-reparations-task-force-doesnt-endorse-plan-for-1-2-million-payouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lauded</a> the principle of the committee, but did not endorse the proposed payouts.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

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Gavin Newsom’s Revised Budget Will Make California’s Budget Deficit Worse, Even As State Mulls Enormous Reparations Package

Gavin Newsom Revised Budget Makes California's Deficit Worse Amid Possible Reparations Package More Than Double The Entire Budget

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