California's got a 492-page black reparations plan, and it's a doozy

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I’d say it will never be enacted, but this is the state that’s deliberately killed its water supply, educational system, cities, and its middle class, so ….

Hey, We don’ need your stinkin’ constitution

Black Californians could enjoy child support forgiveness, free college, free health care, fewer police, and a long-term "truth and reconciliation commission" should Golden State lawmakers pass the proposals outlined this week by the state's Reparations Task Force.

Following a 2020 law to study the subject, a panel of left-wing academics and policymakers on Wednesday released their findings on how California can remedy the harm against the state's black residents caused by slavery and discrimination. All black Californians are eligible for the benefits of the program if they can prove they are "descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S. or of free Black people living in the country before the end of the 19th century." A new state agency, called the California African American Freedmen Affairs Agency, would provide genealogical tests for residents.

Highlights:

  • 1. Child support forgiveness

  • 2. Establish a ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission,' destroy ‘anti-black memorials and monuments'

  • 3. Free college education

The task force recommends the state eliminate tuition for all California colleges, as well as offer funding to create black-owned K-12 schools and colleges. Black Californians should also receive scholarships to "cover four years of undergraduate education" at presumably any university in the country, the task force finds.

The task force also recommends that the state "identify and eliminate racial bias and discriminatory practices" in standardized tests, including the SAT, LSAT, and the state Bar exam, with no elaboration on how this would be done. To further "antiracist" education in the state, all California schools must adopt a curriculum that "advances the ideology of Black liberation."

  • 4. Trees in black neighborhoods for ‘shade equity'

  • 5. Less McDonalds, more Whole Foods

  • The task force wants to "reduce the density" of fast-food restaurants, and promote the opening of "healthy retailers," such as Whole Foods and farmer's markets, in majority-black neighborhoods.

  • 6. Decrease the police

  • 7. Free health care

Black Californians should be entitled to free health care, the task force finds. All black Californians who suffered from the country's "anti-Black health care system" should be entitled to financial compensation as well.

To create more black doctors and health care professionals, the task force recommends that the state engage in more affirmative action programs and a "race-conscious public health policy."

  • 8. Cash payments to close ‘racial wealth gap'

On top of all the new forms of welfare and assistance outlined in the task force report, black Californians are entitled to cash reparations intended to shrink "the racial wealth gap." The exact dollar amount is not specified.

The state must also provide funding and "technical assistance" to "Black-led and Black community-based land trusts to support wealth building and affordable housing," as well as raise the minimum wage beyond the state-mandated $15 per hour. The task force also recommends the creation of a state fund "to support the development and sustainment of Black-owned businesses." [Presumably, the money will be distributed by the leaders of BLM — Ed.]