{"id":104797,"date":"2023-06-01T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=104797"},"modified":"2023-06-09T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T16:53:41","slug":"california-black-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/california-black-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"California Black Reparations: Overdue or Unnecessary?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is California&#8217;s Black reparations proposal all about? How does it compare to past reparations attempts? What does the public think? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A task force in California has approved a proposal seeking reparations for Black residents for generations of harm due to the legacy of slavery. This prompted a lot of different responses including approval, confusion, and some have even called it a &#8220;scam.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we\u2019ll discuss that proposal within the context of the national conversation around reparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-california-s-reparations-task-force-unveils-ambitious-plans\"><strong>California\u2019s Reparations Task Force Unveils Ambitious Plans<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A California Black reparations task force recently voted to approve recommendations on how<strong> the state may compensate Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. <\/strong>The panel suggested that compensation should take into account individual as well as community harms\u2014including health disparities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/housing-discrimination\/\">housing discrimination<\/a>, and mass incarceration. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/may\/08\/california-taskforce-reparations-explainer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved a list of proposed actions<\/a>, including cash payments to descendants of enslaved people, changes in policing and housing policies, and restoring voting rights to formerly and currently incarcerated people.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-reparations-for-black-americans\"><strong>Why Reparations for Black Americans?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the US formally apologized for slavery and segregation in 2009, it has never offered any material compensation to the descendants of enslaved people. Advocates for reparations argue that the US should offer such restitution for several reasons. First, it would provide compensation for the labor of enslaved Black Americans, who were forced to work without pay for hundreds of years. The wealth of the United States was built on this forced labor, while enslaved laborers were denied the opportunity to accumulate wealth themselves. Reparations would compensate their descendants, who remain disadvantaged because their ancestors didn\u2019t have the same opportunities to create security that white Americans had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason would be to address the lingering effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-institutional-racism\/\">systemic racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the disparities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/racial-wealth-gap\/\">racial wealth gap<\/a>:<\/strong> Black Americans have been denied the opportunity to accumulate wealth at the same rate as white Americans. In 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/up-front\/2020\/02\/27\/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>the median net worth of a white family in America was ten times higher than that of a Black family<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Housing inequality:<\/strong> Discriminatory practices and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/racial-segregation\/\">racial segregation<\/a> in housing have also had a profound impact on Black Americans. <\/li><li><strong>Criminal Injustice: <\/strong>Systemic racism also plagues the American criminal justice system. <\/li><li><strong>Education: <\/strong>Black and white students in US schools have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/brown-center-chalkboard\/2020\/02\/21\/categorical-inequalities-between-black-and-white-students-are-common-in-us-schools-but-they-dont-have-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">large and persistent inequalities in educational outcomes<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>Health care:<\/strong> Black Americans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/crsj\/publications\/human_rights_magazine_home\/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states\/racial-disparities-in-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">higher infant mortality rates and shorter life expectancies<\/a> than white Americans, and are less likely to receive necessary surgical and other needed medical interventions.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-reparations-efforts-in-the-past-and-present\"><strong>Other Reparations Efforts in the Past and Present<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although efforts toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/slavery-reparations\/\">reparations for slavery<\/a> have persistently stalled in Congress, <strong>the US government has attempted <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/19\/us\/reparations-slavery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>some reparations with other groups in the past<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> For example, in 1988, the Civil Liberties Act granted monetary compensation\u2014$20,000 per person\u2014to over 80,000 Japanese Americans who were forced into internment camps during World War II.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have also been efforts to provide reparations to Native Americans. After World War II, the Indian Claims Commission paid out about $1.3 billion to each federally recognized tribe for being forcibly removed from their lands. However, this program has been criticized for two reasons: the amount paid out was the equivalent of less than $1,000 for each Native American in the US at that time, and the government did not give Native people direct control of the money, but held it in funds for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-would-california-s-reparations-involve\"><strong>What Would California\u2019s Reparations Involve?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>California\u2019s reparations proposal would entail substantial cost, potentially amounting to billions of dollars, with <strong>estimated payouts of up to $1.2 million for older residents.<\/strong> The task force approved calculations to determine the financial harm suffered by descendants of enslaved or free Black Americans, and <strong>eligibility is limited to individuals who can prove descent from enslaved individuals or those present in the United States prior to 1900.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-reparations-panel-report-proposal-text-qualifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The proposal also recommends<\/a>: formal apologies for a whole list of past injustices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-will-reparations-become-a-reality\"><strong>Will Reparations Become a Reality?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The recommendations made by the California reparations task force are just that\u2014recommendations. For the reparations to actually happen, the state government would need to pass legislation implementing the task force\u2019s proposals. And public sentiment appears to be mixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ABC News article suggests that one of the challenges is that <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/california-reparations-task-force-eyeing-5-million-payments\/story?id=96964346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people question why California<\/a>, which never formally sanctioned slavery, should provide reparations for slavery and systemic racism. Others believe that slavery was too long ago for any amends to be made for it today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/california-reparations-scam-michael-jackson-kids-payouts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called California\u2019s proposal a \u201cscam\u201d<\/a> pointing out that Michael Jackson\u2019s children would be eligible for payouts under the current plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the naysayers, <strong>California\u2019s task force remains hopeful and lawmakers <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/05\/17\/cori-bush-black-reparations-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>continue to push for legislation at the federal level<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> too. Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has just introduced a bill calling for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans. And whether they support reparations or not, a recent Pew Research Center survey says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2019\/06\/17\/most-americans-say-the-legacy-of-slavery-still-affects-black-people-in-the-u-s-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most Americans agree that slavery\u2019s legacy still affects Black Americans today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is California&#8217;s Black reparations proposal all about? How does it compare to past reparations attempts? What does the public think? A task force in California has approved a proposal seeking reparations for Black residents for generations of harm due to the legacy of slavery. This prompted a lot of different responses including approval, confusion, and some have even called it a &#8220;scam.&#8221; Here we\u2019ll discuss that proposal within the context of the national conversation around reparations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,275,24],"tags":[727],"class_list":["post-104797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-money","category-politics","category-society","tag-articles","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>California Black Reparations: Overdue or Unnecessary? - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A California task force approved recommendations for Black reparations. 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