>> REPARATIONS. MONEY. GAINING TRACTION AMONG ACTIVISTS AND
TRACTION AMONG ACTIVISTS AND
CALIFORNIA BUT NOT BACKING
NECESSARILY OF THE STATE’S
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, GAVIN
NEWSOM. THE STATES REPARATION BOARD APPROVED A PLAN THAT
BOARD APPROVED A PLAN THAT
WOULD GIVE UP TO $1.2 MILLION
TO ELIGIBLE BLACK RESIDENTS.
AND IT WOULD ISSUE A FORMAL
APOLOGY FOR SLAVERY. THAT PLAN
COULD COST AN ESTIMATED $800
BILLION. DOES CALIFORNIA HAVE
IT? NO! THAT’S MORE THAN 2
AND A HALF TIMES THE STATE’S
ANNUAL BUDGET. HOWEVER,
GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS NOW REFUSING
TO ENDORSE THOSE MASSIVE
HANDOUTS. TELLING FOX NEWS
DIGITAL, HERE’S A QUOTE: "DEALING WITH THAT LEGACY IS
"DEALING WITH THAT LEGACY IS
ABOUT MORE THAN CASH PAYMENT."
INSTEAD HE’S FOCUS ON INVESTING
BILLIONS TO RULE OUT
DISPARITIES AND IMPROVE EQUITY
IN HOUSING, EDUCATION,
HEALTHCARE AND WELL BEYOND. SO
IT TOOK THIS MOMENT FOR HIM TO
GET THERE AND STAMINA DO MY
JOB. NOT JUST FOR BLACKS IN
THAT STATE, DO IT FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> YES, HE HAS BEEN
INTENTIONALLY SILENT. NOW THE
STATEMENT IS INTENTIONALLY
VAGUE. SOME IS LIKE HE WANTS
ONE FOOT IN AND ONE FOOT OUT TO
SEE IF THE LEGISLATURE DOES. HE
DOES BECAUSE HE HAS A BUDGET
SHORTFALL OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. A MASSIVE DEFICIT.
THIS IS NOT A CLEAR ENDORSEMENT
OF CASH PAYMENTS. ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IT IS ALSO NOT A CLEAR
SIGNAL THAT HE IS GOING TO
IGNORE THEM AND SAY I’M NOT
DOING IT. PERHAPS, HERE’S WHY.
BECAUSE THERE IS PRESSURE ON
HIM USING EXECUTIVE ACTION. ONE
LEGISLATOR SAID IT’S TOO
LITTLE. ANOTHER ONE TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT FROM 640 BILLION TO
800 BILLION. SO I THINK HE’S
LOOKING AT THIS LIKE WHAT DO I
DO WITH THIS?
>> EMILY YOU SEE IT
DIFFERENTLY?
>> SO I TOOK IT AS -- I AGREE
WITH YOU -- DELIBERATELY VAGUE.
HE’S PRESERVING HIS SPOT TO SAY
OH NO, I SUPPORTED THIS THE
WHOLE TIME. YOU KNOW?
>> WHEN YOU NEED BLACK VOTERS?
>> YEAH.
>> KEEP IN MIND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WHO SHARES A DONOR BASE
HARRIS WHO SHARES A DONOR BASE
WITH HIM WHERE THEY COME FROM
THE SAME POLITICAL FOUNDATION
AND CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS STATED
SHE IS FOR REPARATIONS. HE WENT
ON TO SAY BASICALLY A BUNCH OF
MEALYMOUTHED -- YOU CAN
INTERPRET IT EITHER WAY. IT
SAYS I LOOK FORWARD TO A
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TO
ADVANCE SOME CHANGES TO ENSURE
INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE FUTURE
FOR CALIFORNIA. BOLSTERING
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS HATE. AND
ACTING SWEET BEING REFORMS.
HE’S USING ALL THE TOUCHTONE
BURBAGE WITHOUT ACTUALLY ENACTING OR CITING SPECIFIC
ENACTING OR CITING SPECIFIC
POLICY THAT HAS UPLIFTED ANYONE
AND COLOR OF THAT STATE.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE STATE IS
SINKING. I THINK HE IS CARVING
OUT A POSITION FOR HIMSELF TO
SAY NO, I TOTALLY SUPPORTED IT.
THIS JUST ISN’T THE BEST WAY
BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN AFFORD
IT.
>> KENNEDY, DIDN’T HE START
THIS PARTY?
>> VERY MUCH SO. BUT YOU LOOK
AT THIS WHEN HE WAS THE MAYOR
OF SAN FRANCISCO. ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS TALK TO SOME OF THE
CHINESE-AMERICANS WHOSE
ANCESTORS WERE TARGETED FOR ALL
SORTS OF UNSPEAKABLE HARASSMENT
. AND ESSENTIALLY, GIVEN WORK
PROJECTS THAT AMOUNTED TO
DEATH. IT’S LIKE, WHERE DOES
IT END? AND CAN THE STATE
SUPPORT THAT? CAN IT SUPPORT
THE SINS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR
GENERATIONS?
>> THAT’S AN INTERESTING
QUESTION. I KNOW I WAS READING
THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE JAPANESE FAMILY AMONG THOSE WHO WERE IN
FAMILY AMONG THOSE WHO WERE IN
FAVOR OF REPARATIONS. I MEAN,
AGAIN, IF YOU CREATE A HIGH
TIDE, EMILY, YOU LIFT UP
EVERYBODY. FIX THE ECONOMY IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> AVA $22 BILLION DEFICIT.
>> HOW ON EARTH ARE THEY GOING
TO A 40 $800 BILLION? DOES THAT MEAN IF I MOVED TO
THAT MEAN IF I MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA NOW, THAT I WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS?
>> AND WHAT IS AN ELIGIBLE
BLACK PERSON?
>> THE BOARD IS SUGGESTING A GENEALOGICAL REVIEW. IMAGINE
GENEALOGICAL REVIEW. IMAGINE
WHAT THAT COST. >> LIKE DNA?
>> I GUESS. THOUGH HAVE A
GENEALOGICAL BOARD TRY TO TRACE
YOUR ANCESTRY TO A SLAVE.
>> AND IF YOU ARE BIRACIAL? I
MEAN, I’VE GOT LOTS OF
QUESTIONS! >> WHAT IF YOU
HAVE SOMEBODY WAY DOWN THE
LINE? AND THEY MAY HAVE BLACKED DNA THREE GENERATIONS
BLACKED DNA THREE GENERATIONS
AGO? I DON’T KNOW ! WHERE DO
YOU DRAW THE LINE? AND AS
KENNEDY MENTIONED, ASIAN
AMERICANS SUFFERED HORRIBLE
INDIGNITIES. IRISH, CATHOLICS.
SICILIANS. THEY SUFFERED
HORRIBLY WHEN THEY CAME. AMERICA IS ABOUT THE PROMISE OF
AMERICA IS ABOUT THE PROMISE OF
TODAY , NOT THE IMPERFECTIONS OF
THE PAST. WITH THE FOCUS ON
THAT, PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR EVERYBODY. BUT DRAWING
GENEALOGICAL LINES -- YOU ARE
IN, YOU ARE OUT? WERE GOING TO
PAY REPARATIONS? THIS IS
MADNESS AND NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.
WAY.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT
YOU STARTED WITH, THE IDEA OF
VAGUENESS. BECAUSE IF YOU COULD
DO ALL OF WHAT RAYMOND SAID,
YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO BE VAGUE