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TIL city of Palm springs California would routinely burn down Black family homes to make room for shopping center redevelopments (www.bbc.com)
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The state of California is considering giving the descendants of slaves $1.2m each.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I assume they support giving them money and didn't consider that it could sound like they support the burning down.

Or they're an asshole.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Whoops, correct.