The New York Times’s 1619 Project has added academic curriculum in areas of history, reading, and writing to its repertoire. Most recently, Reparations Math was added to the 1619 syllabus. Author Ian Rowe believes that teaching children this version of history and how the government owes them money is dangerous and detrimental to their taking responsibility…
Reparations Revisited
Commentary The drive for reparations to be paid to African-Americans in the United States has been gaining momentum in places such as California and New York. I have written before about how morally dubious reparations to descendants of slaves would be. But even if we assume, for the sake of argument, that reparations can be…
Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Resolution Calling for $14 Trillion in Reparations
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced a resolution on May 17 calling for $14 trillion in reparations over the U.S. history of slavery. The resolution is meant to seek awareness on a measure, H.R. 40, which has been introduced in every Congress for decades, that would establish a federal commission to study the issue of slavery…
California Reparations Committee Calls for Ending Cash Bail
May 12, 2023
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California’s reparations committee is calling for state officials to end cash bail and the prosecution of low-level crimes after approving a reparations payment plan to make amends for slavery and anti-black racism earlier this week. The nine-member committee, which was created by state legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020, approved its final recommendations to the California Legislature,…
California’s Reparations Proposal Is Deeply Flawed and Racist
Commentary Countries and civilizations aren’t killed: They rot to death from within or commit suicide. They do so by tearing themselves apart or by questioning their right even to exist. The proposal that every black person in California of slave lineage or with ancestry in the United States before the end of the 19th century…
Reparations Proposals Would Cost California $800 Billion: Economists
April 3, 2023
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Economists estimated this week that reparations under consideration for black Californians could cost $800 billion, findings they provided to the state’s Reparations Task Force during meetings in Sacramento March 29 and 30. After two days of discussion, the panel suggested the responsibility of determining individual payment amounts lies with state lawmakers. Established in May of…
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