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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michela Moscufo

California brings new state reparations bills amid Trump onslaught on DEI: ‘The fight for justice’

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Carrie Carter, right, waits for the start of a rally in support of reparations for African Americans outside City Hall in San Francisco on 19 Sept. 2023. Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP

Amid the Trump administration’s full throated attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, Black lawmakers in California introduced a package of reparations bills to start the new legislative session.

Black legislators say these attacks on racial equity make it even more imperative to implement reparations in California, the first state in the US to undertake such a process, which has become a blueprint for other state-level reparations programs.

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