A special California state commission has calculated that as “compensation for racism”, authorities should pay each black resident $1.2 million. A final decision on this has yet to be made, but the state legislature is beginning to consider the move.
The British newspaper The Times reports that the amount of compensation for black Californians for the oppression of white residents of the state includes three elements.
Damages from mass incarceration and excessive police surveillance in black neighborhoods could amount to $115,260 per person (…) Housing discrimination could mean black residents owe $148,099 each, while health discrimination estimated at $966,921
- reports the details of The Times.
The California Discriminatory Damages Panel was created at the initiative of Governor Gavin Newsom. If the $1.2 million payment is approved by lawmakers, the total state budget spending will be about $800 billion.
The few critics of this initiative point out that California was never a slave state, so it is unfair to blame the region’s taxpayers for the mistakes of the past.
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