The Berkeley Unified School District’s “Reparations Task Force” earlier this month recommended “both financial and educational reparations” for students who are descendants of slaves.
According to The Daily Californian, the reparations would consist of “harm reports, curricula changes and financial payments,” the latter of which would come from donations, increased taxes, and lawsuits against entities “whose historical actions have decreased funding” for the district.
The harm reports would include the “impacts of segregation, discriminatory policies and legacies of chattel slavery within BUSD.”
A parcel or real estate tax was recommended to help pay the reparations — via a “citizen-led initiative” which would require a simple majority for passage. […]
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