Mike Elgan
California taxpayers may pay descendants of American slaves nearly a quarter of a million dollars each. Unpopular question: Will the descendants of Spanish slaves have to pay for this, too? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11491263/California-reparations-committee-recommend-handing-223-200-descendant-slaves.html
California reparations committee will recommend handing out $223,200 to descendant of slaves

A reparations committee in California has suggested that descendants of slaves in the state should be compensated $223,200 each for 'housing discrimination'.

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Show threadAbel MSDec 1, 2022
@MikeElgan As for reparations (in reverse), Haiti is a great story: From 1825 through 1947, Haiti was forced to pay reparations to France as compensation to slaveholders for the loss of their (enslaved) property. Oh, and the “cherry on the cake”, the USA occupied Haiti (from 1915-1934) and controlled Haiti’s finances (up to 1947), assuring that the occupation costs and reparations to France were duly paid.
Show threadJames EdwardDec 1, 2022

@MikeElgan The case of #BrucesBeach seems like a model for how reparations should work:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce's_Beach

Compensation for a specific harm to a specific person, with the beneficiaries being the confirmed heirs of those harmed. The paper trail has to be pretty watertight, and the line of succession pretty short, otherwise you generate absurdities trying to unwind the unknowns of history.

Bruce's Beach - Wikipedia

Show threadKen Kinder Dec 3, 2022
@MikeElgan since it was based partly on housing discrimination, it also begs the question how much Asian Californians are owed.