In California, a task force was established to develop suggestions for reparations for slavery. Now, the descendants of slaves in California are set to receive $223,200 each in slavery reparations.
According to a California reparations committee, each descendant of a slave in the state should receive $223,200 in damages for "housing discrimination."
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, established the nine-person Reparations Task Force as part of the nation's biggest-ever attempt to handle slavery reparations.
Housing discrimination has been a priority of the California task force; per the New York Times, it would require around $569 billion to make up for the hardships experienced by the 2.5 million Black Californians between 1933 and 1977.
That is more than the $512.8 billion California spent on education, healthcare, higher education, infrastructure, policing, and incarceration in 2021.
However, the panel is still debating how payments should be provided; so...