BREAKING California to limit reparations to descendants of free, enslaved Black people in the US in 19th century.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century.
They also opened eligibility to free Black people who migrated to the country in the 19th century, given possible difficulties in documenting genealogy and the risk at the time of becoming enslaved. The committee is not even a year into its two-year process and there is no compensation plan of any kind on the table.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation creating the two-year reparations task force in 2020, making California the only state to move ahead with a study and plan, with a mission to study the institution of slavery and its harms and to educate the public about its findings. Kamilah Moore, the committee's chair, said she expects robust discussion at Tuesday's meeting, which will include testimony from genealogists. She favors eligibility based on lineage, rather than race, saying it will have the best chance of surviving a legal challenge in a conservative U.S. Supreme Court.
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