California Task Force Votes to Restrict Reparations to Descendants of SlaveryPeople gathered outside the Minnesota capitol building to demand reparations after the death of George Floyd. 29, 2022, the California reparations task force decided to limit reparations to African Americans who can trace their lineage to slavery, stating that those parameters were most likely to survive legal challenges. Watch a California reparations task force meeting and weigh in on the debate. Soumya Karlamangla, “California Task Force Votes to Offer Reparations Only to Descendants of Enslaved People,” nytimes.com, Mar. Lil Kalish, “California Task Force: Reparations for Direct Descendants of Enslaved People Only,” calmatters.org, Mar.

Source: New York Times April 05, 2022 18:20 UTC