Sorry: California, a Free State, Apologizes for Slavery as Newsom Signs Reparations Bills

[mystery-ak]

Sorry: California, a Free State, Apologizes for Slavery as Newsom Signs Reparations Bills

Joel B. Pollak 26 Sep 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a series of “reparations” bills on Thursday, including a formal apology for slavery, even though the state entered the Union as a free state in 1850.

The apology reads, in part:

    Whereas, Well after California entered the Union and declared itself a free state outlawing slavery, more than 2,000 enslaved African people were brought to California from 1850 to 1860.

    Whereas, the California Supreme Court enforced fugitive slave laws until 1865, stating that the antislavery law in the California Constitution was merely a “declaration of a principle.”

    …

    Resolved, The State of California apologizes for perpetuating the harms African Americans faced by having imbued racial prejudice through segregation, public and private discrimination, and unequal disbursal of state and federal funding and declares that such actions shall not be repeated.

Newsom signed several other bills passed by the state legislature and pushed by reparations activists. As Breitbart News noted, however, the bills did not include actual cash payments or a reparations fund, provoking protests.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/09/26/sorry-california-a-free-state-apologizes-for-slavery-as-newsom-signs-reparations-bills/

[PeteS in CA]

... As Breitbart News noted, however, the bills did not include actual cash payments or a reparations fund, provoking protests.

The noisy greedbags want their $$$$! The black community groups who actually do valuable work are probably cringing at the greedbags as well as being almost invisible in and to the MSM.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The whole point of the reparations shakedown is $$$.  Without $$$, reparations is just empty limousine liberal virtue signaling.

It's mighty white of Governor Greaseball to give reparations without $$$.

[Hoodat]

So when is the Democrat Party going to apologize?

[PeteS in CA]

So when is the Democrat Party going to apologize?

For being the slavery party?

For Jim Crow?

For so many Dems riding the KKK into office (even northerner FDR avoided POing the Dems' KKK wing!)?

Never, obviously.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Give them the damn reparations money, just make sure  we can recoup the money through taxes on liquor, cigs, pot, keno, etc.

Might even make money.

[rustynail]

Now the truth can be told, California was the hub and transit center for the bulk of the world's Slave Trade.

No joke.

[PeteS in CA]

Now the truth can be told, California was the hub and transit center for the bulk of the world's Slave Trade.

No joke.

The Civil War was fought to liberate the Chinese semi-slaves who built the western part of the transcontinental railroad? Who knew?

[the OlLine Rebel]

The whole point of the reparations shakedown is $$$.  Without $$$, reparations is just empty limousine liberal virtue signaling.

It's mighty white of Governor Greaseball to give reparations without $$$.

Dollars to the gibmedats, and keep them on the plantation for power for the communists.

[libertybele]

Dollars to the gibmedats, and keep them on the plantation for power for the communists.

This too will happen if the DEMS win in November.  They are already handing out debit cards to ILLEGALS, they'll hand out $$ for reparations as well. All at 'Whitey's' expense.

The invasion at the border isn't just about votes. It's also about diminishing the White population.