In politics, recommending “further study” is a well-known way to appease supporters without committing to anything. So it is that Governor Gavin Newsom likely figured he had satisfied his most radical supporters when, in September 2020, three months after the killing of George Floyd, he signed a bill creating the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.
“As a nation, we can only truly thrive when every one of us has the opportunity to thrive,” Newsom said in his signing message. “Our painful history of slavery has evolved into structural racism and bias built into and permeating throughout our democratic and economic institutions.”
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