This week, something called the California Reparations Task Force formally adopted a proposal that would compel the Golden State to fork over reparations to its qualifying black residents, a recommendation the organization’s name suggests was inevitable.
“Reparations are not only morally justifiable,” said Democratic California congresswoman Barbara Lee in the wake of the task force’s announcement, “but they have the potential to address long-standing racial disparities and inequalities.” Given the taxpayer-funded sum the task force wants to see allocated to individual beneficiaries — potentially up to $1.2 million per eligible resident — it’s reasonable to expect that this policy would create as many inequities as it might resolve.
