A new poll finds a majority of California voters oppose cash payments to the descendants of enslaved African-Americans. The findings highlight the political headwinds facing reparation efforts.
People listen to the California reparations task force in Oakland, Calif., at one of its final meetings in May.People listen to the California reparations task force in Oakland, Calif., at one of its final meetings in May.A majority of California voters oppose making cash payments as a form of compensation to residents of the state who are the descendants of enslaved African-Americans, according to a new poll from the University of California, Berkeley.
Among racial groups, Black voters were the only ones to support cash payments by a majority. Republicans almost unanimously opposed them, while Democrats split almost evenly on the question.long list of recommendations The two Democratic members of the taskforce who are also state lawmakers – Senator Steven Bradford and Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, both of Los Angeles – said it would be up to them to turn the recommendations into law. But both have since tried to moderate the public's expectations about cash payments.
"California is an important test case," said Tatishe Nteta, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst who has conducted national polling on public support for reparations."If it does pass, I think it provides the momentum for the reparations movement that it has been looking for for 200-plus years.
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