California’s reparations report excludes payment plan but is full of program proposals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s highly anticipated reparations report, released Thursday, outlines how Black Californians can receive monetary compensation for the harms of slavery and systemic racism.

The task force proposed more than 100 statewide policies to address generations of discrimination and racial disparities. Still, the report does not issue a concrete dollar amount owed to individuals “who are able to demonstrate that they are the descendant of either an enslaved African American in the United States, or a free African American living in the United States prior to 1900.”

The task force, in consultation with economists and policy experts, estimated the minimum dollar amount in harm that California has caused or could have prevented, totals at least $1 million per eligible person.

Who would be eligible to receive reparations in California?

In short, those first in line for monetary compensation would be individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the U.S., or a free Black person living in the U.S. prior to 1900.

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