California Assemblywoman Shirley Weber will make the committee to collect the data on slavery

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US: California Becomes First State To Consider 'Slavery Reparations'

California became the first US state to adopt a law to collect data and indemnify the descendants of enslaved African-Americans. Authorities constituted a committee to submit a non-binding recommendation for identification of eligible people. Gavin Newsom, Governor, California tweeted his approval while emphasizing that everybody deserves an equal "opportunity to thrive". The long contentious issue, 'slavery reparations’, surfaced after the… read-more

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 - 11:35 AM / by Nitesh Kumar Singh

Tags: US Presidential Election, California, Slavery, Racism, Racial inequality

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