"I am the great grand-daughter of those who were enslaved in the 1850s."
"Why have we never received reparations?"
"I have come to the conclusion: It is because people have never felt we deserved it."
— @DrWeber4CA
"I did not ask for permission ... I am old enough to know better. I did what I had to do to get the bill out and get the task force formed."
— @DrWeber4CA (talking about #AB3121)
"My task and my hope is that we will have an endowed fund to deal with #reparations in California."
— @DrWeber4CA, author of #AB3121 (the bill creating California's Reparations Task Force)
Dr. Theopia Jackson:
"You can't make someone treat you humane ... how do you ensure the humanity of those around you?"
Dr. Theopia Jackson also spoke to the state #reparations task force in January:
"We've got data, we have narrative ... what we need now is political will."
—Eric McDonnell, Committee Chair of African American Reparations Advisory Committee is now up. His remarks include song and clear passion.
"There was no hiding place from slavery in this nation... if slavery was pervasive here [in California], there needs to be a national effort."
— @DrWeber4CA