CA lawmakers formally introduce reparations bill

The reparations bill, which was formally introduced on Wednesday, does not include direct cash payments for descendants of enslaved people. But lawmakers behind the proposal insist that reparations are about more than just money.

[atownshawtypimp]

WE are rejecting ALL proposals that dont have direct cash payments FIRST

[itsjutmoneytv]

It's not Reprations if its no cash payments. Cut the check

[michaelpcoffee]

For real reparations: they identify an actual victim of the offense in question.
They specify the abuses and damages.
They assign a dollar amount for their compensation.
They pay the victim.
If the victim is deceased; they identify the closest living legal heir and pay them.
What is the name of the slave that you are trying to collect the unpaid reparations for?

[michaelpcoffee]

Claiming victimhood for what happened to other people is disgraceful.
Ascribing guilt to people who had nothing to do with the offense is atrocious.

[ZachariahMoore-vowi]

What group of people do you do anything for without them and their input? This remains disingenuous, and God will sort you all out! #praiseYah

[User-]

The son has now become guilty for the sins of the father.

[atownshawtypimp]

All lives are not part of this.. stop the, "It helps everybody" talk or its dead in the water with us! ✊🏿 Everybody benefited from us already, its the big payback now!

[MikeC-xq]

That’s great! Now we need Navite American Laws for Mexicans

[michaelpcoffee]

Forcing the innocent to pay nonvictims for something that happened to neither of them is not reparations.

[connorm]

Isn’t the nfl and nba already doling out reparations?

[LordRone]

Fucking bullshit.. Could I get reparations from my Irish roots?

[timg]

why not try to free the 20, 000 children that are slaves in Africa?

[Zindo.Majesty.HisMajesty]

I’m all for giving people trophies and apology letters

[topdogkk]

If you can trace your ancestry back to slavery, then you can trace back ancestry of slave owners and they can pay…My family is not paying reparations for something we had nothing to do with, and had Irish ancestors that were slaves…

[michaelpcoffee]

If you aren't out anything;
You aren't owed anything.

[calisingh]

Redlined liked In and out just did in oakland...

[Triplebmod]

Run me my money and I wish someone would step to me about it!

[michaelpcoffee]

If you aren't out anything;
You aren't owed anything.