So obviously we gotta have some money." Delivery "Our people worked for 256 years and didn't get payed nothing. "Who else would it be for?" Lodgson said. Reparations are a debt owed to the families of enslaved people for unpaid labor, he said. We are all suffering from systemic racism, and that, itself, definitely stems from slavery."įor Lodgson, the community organizer, lineage-based eligibility is obvious. Reparations is owed to all Black people because all Black people are harmed by this. "People need to think more expansively and imaginatively. “I think it’s the focal point because there is a distinct harm to folks can trace their lineage to American slaves, and American slavery is distinct in how it was, how long it lasted, how it impacted folks," Nimmers said. She’s urging the task force to consider options such as a tiered or phased approach to expand eligibility while still prioritizing direct descendent of slaves. Nimmers worries the task force made their decision without enough community input. "The slave trade was global, white supremacy is global.”Įligibility will need to address the specific harms affecting direct descendents of enslaved people while still addressing the broader effects on Black people, Nimmers said. There are harms that are indistinguishable between different communities, there’s also nuances between Black immigrants," Nimmers said.
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A lot of folks were uplifting the need to really repair the full Black community. "We heard a range of perspectives on eligibility. Nimmers helped lead community listening sessions for the task force. Many public commenters expressed their support for a lineage-based model while a few asked the task force to reconsider and expand eligibility.Ĭommunity surveying showed more public support for lineage-based eligibility, according to Michael Stoll, the project leader with the UCLA Bunche Center.Įligibility is a nuanced question that people are emotional about, said Kristin Nimmers, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at California Calls. The topic was revisited multiple times during Friday's meeting. Lineage-based eligibility was determined in March but not without healthy discussion and a tense 5-4 vote, CalMatters reported. This category could account for things like corporate wealth disparities and the effect of missing out on government contracts said William Spriggs, chief economist for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. Devaluation of Black businesses would be estimated by considering the loss of profits and revenues associated with discrimination.
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