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28 Mar, 8 tweets, 5 min read

Manhattan Beach once seized a Black family’s oceanfront resort and ran an entire community of Black beachgoers out of town.

But residents have pushed back on the notion that they must atone for injustices committed almost a century ago.

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“We do not want to ignore the past, but we do not want it embroidered in a scarlet R upon our chest,” said Mayor Suzanne Hadley, in response to emails and testimonies from people worried that the renewed controversy over has marked the city as racist.

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@SupJaniceHahn

But as the city’s inaction captured more headlines and ignited greater calls for justice, L.A. County Sup. @SupJaniceHahn stepped in and did what she said felt obvious: apologizing to the Bruce family and agreeing that the land should be returned.

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When Hahn realized that the county now owned the land where the Bruce resort once stood, she jumped into action.

She called Anthony Bruce, whose voice still cracks whenever he talks about the city’s actions and how they tore his family apart.

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His great-great-grandparents ended up as chefs for the remainder of their lives. His grandfather Bernard was obsessed with what happened and lived his life “extremely angry at the world.” Bruce’s father, tormented by this history, had to leave the state.

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Hahn sat down with county lawyers and discussed three possible options: Many details still need to be worked out. As for the price tag, initial estimates indicate that the options could cost the county $40 million to $70 million.

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@SteveBradford

“If you can inherit generational wealth, you can inherit generational debt,” said State Sen. @SteveBradford “That’s debt that Manhattan Beach owes to the Bruce family. It’s debt that California and this nation owes to many more families like the Bruces.”

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@RosannaXia

But in Manhattan Beach, city leaders have made clear that financial reparations should not be the town’s responsibility, and residents have been at odds over whether to even apologize.

Read the story by @RosannaXia

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