California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve a report with instructions detailing state financial compensation for slavery alongside a formal apology.
“Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address longstanding racial disparities and inequalities,” Lee said.
The creation of a new agency to provide services to descendants of enslaved people to calculations on what the state owes them in compensation were also laid out for further debate. Eric McDonnell, chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, speaks during a special Board of Supervisors hearing about reparations in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
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