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It\u2019s the first time that a state has adopted a law to study how to provide\u00a0reparations to the Black community.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As a nation, we can only truly thrive when every one of us has the opportunity to thrive,\u201d Newsom said in a statement. \u201cOur painful history of slavery has evolved into structural racism and bias built into and permeating throughout our democratic and economic institutions. California\u2019s rich diversity is our greatest asset, and we won\u2019t turn away from this moment to make right the discrimination and disadvantages that Black Californians and people of color still face.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAssemblywoman Shirley Weber, who chairs California\u0027s Legislative Black Caucus,\u00a0sponsored the historic legislation. \u0022California has come to terms with many of its issues, but it has yet to come to terms with its role in slavery,\u0022 she\u00a0told\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/historic-california-law-establishes-path-reparations-black-people-descendants-slaves-n1241627\u0022\u003E NBC News\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0022After 400 years, we still have the impact.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bill\u2019s passage builds on the renewed momentum behind the reparations movement following the protests against police violence and systemic racism that erupted around the nation this year. City council members in Burlington, Vermont, voted unanimously in August to pass\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.burlingtonfreepress.com\/story\/news\/2020\/08\/11\/burlington-city-council-creates-task-force-slavery-reparations\/3348422001\/\u0022\u003Ea reparations resolution\u003C\/a\u003E, joining cities like Asheville, North Carolina, and Providence, Rhode Island, in approving measures over the past several months to address the enduring harms of slavery.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the US Congress, the\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/content\/375794\u0022\u003Efederal bill HR 40\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0has received a record number of cosponsors this year amid the launch of the\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/content\/376008\u0022\u003E\u0022Why We Can\u0027t Wait\u0022 project\u003C\/a\u003E.\u00a0Racial justice advocates, including Human Rights Watch, have called on Congress to bring the legislation to an immediate vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/tag\/reparations-united-states\u0022\u003ELearn more about the case and fight for reparations in the US \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]