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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, nothing in the article says the money wouldn't be taxable income for the recipients so I guarantee they'll get screwed with taxes by both the federal and state government come tax time.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That sadly wouldn't surprise me one bit..

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