By: Emma James
A taskforce set up by California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging the federal government to pay every African American in the US at least $223k for 'housing discrimination' - while continuing to probe other areas for compensation.
The nine-person group believes that black Americans should receive the money for 'enduring the economic effects' of racism and slavery – after initially making the suggestions in California.
It was created by Newsom's legislation which he signed in 2020 and is the largest reparation effort in recent history.
California is the first state to require agencies to present a separate demographic category for descendants of enslaved people.
On Thursday the New York Times reported that the taskforce has spent months traveling across the West coast to learn about the effect of the policies.
In a March 2022 report, those eligible for the reparations would have to be descendants of enslaved African Americans or of a 'free Black person living in the United States prior to the end of the 19th century.
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