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TIL city of Palm springs California would routinely burn down Black family homes to make room for shopping center redevelopments (www.bbc.com)

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The state of California is considering giving the descendants of slaves $1.2m each.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don’t think it is the place of the government to give the money, it should be traced back to who profited from the Slaves and than the Families and Businesses should be the ones paying the money. IF the Government did profit from them they should pay their share as well, but it should not be tax payer dollars only.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes... So did anyone go to jail? Who ended buying these lots for the new "market" price?

Shouldn't they pay?

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