*[Enwl-eng] California could make history with reparations

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                        California could make a huge difference by 
implementing reparations.









                        California Must Pay Reparations to Descendants of 
Enslaved Black People Who Built This Country



                        Sign Now




                        California legislators are currently considering 
passing a sweeping statewide reparations bill, the first of its kind in the 
United States!

                        This would be an amazing first step towards 
addressing racial justice and could set the standard for other states. We 
must ensure California lawmakers actually follow through and pass their 
reparations bill now.

                        White families hold approximately ten times the 
amount of wealth that Black families in the U.S. do. Research has repeatedly 
shown a massive cause of this racial wealth gap is the fact that Black 
people were enslaved and never received wages for multiple generations of 
labor — the same labor our country was literally built on. Further 
generations of racial terror, redlining with housing, incarceration, and 
more have only amplified this economic inequality.

                        California has the largest economy in the entire 
U.S. and the fifth largest economy in the whole world. For this highly 
influential state to take such an important step, it would send a huge 
ripple effect throughout the country.

                        Crucially, there is also a precedent for this 
action. In the late 1980s, then-President Reagan created a $1.25 billion 
trust fund to pay reparations to Japanese Americans whom the government had 
forced into internment camps during World War II. When will we do the same 
for the families of those who were enslaved?

                        Sign the petition to show that you support racial 
justice in California, and support repaying descendants of slaves the money 
they are owed!




                 Thank you,

                        Miranda

                        Care2 Petitions Team



                        P.S. By now, we have more than enough reports and 
studies on the necessity and urgency of reparations. Now we need action. 
Sign the petition.

                             Sign Now









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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 7:04 PM
Subject: California could make history with reparations

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