A draft reparations proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for each eligible Black person faces financial headwinds and blistering criticism from conservatives. San Francisco could become first major U.S. city to fund Black reparations:
SAN FRANCISCO — A controversial draft reparations proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for each eligible Black person could make San Francisco the first major U.S. city to fund reparations, though it faces steep financial headwinds and blistering criticism from conservatives.presentation by San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee
An estimated 50,000 Black people live in San Francisco, but it's not clear how many of them would be eligible for financial reparations. The recommendations lay out a number of possible criteria, such as living in San Francisco during a certain time period and descending from someone incarcerated for the police war on drugs.
Eric McDonnell, chair of San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee, said he's disappointed by people who don't understand the legacy of U.S. slavery and how structural racism reverberates through institutions today.“There's still a veiled perspective that, candidly, Black folks don’t deserve this,” he said. “The number itself, $5 million, is actually low when you consider the harm.
“If you’re going to try to say you're sorry, you have to speak in the language that people understand, and money is that language,” he said. John Dennis, chair of the San Francisco Republican Party, does not support reparations although he says he'd support a serious conversation on the topic. He doesn't consider the board's discussion of $5 million payments to be one.
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