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Exactly, and the harms absolutely did not stop at slavery in CA.
Imo a huge improvement of something like reparations to peicemeal, every family for themselves lawsuits, is that it levels the playing field. The families who can bring the sorts of suits like the Bruces were essentially already economic elites. However their workers, who were likely largely Black, aren't compensated.
Reparations ensures we're all included.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/04/1146879302/bruces-beach-la-county-california
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Exactly, and the harms absolutely did not stop at slavery in CA.
Imo a huge improvement of something like reparations to peicemeal, every family for themselves lawsuits, is that it levels the playing field. The families who can bring the sorts of suits like the Bruces were essentially already economic elites. However their workers, who were likely largely Black, aren't compensated.
Reparations ensures we're all included.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/04/1146879302/bruces-beach-la-county-california
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Plaque acknowledging racist history of California beach town stolen, police say | #California | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/31/bruces-beach-california-plaque-stolen
> Bruce’s Beach was a rare resort for Black residents of Manhattan Beach starting in 1912, until city seized it in 1924
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Plaque acknowledging racist history of California beach town stolen, police say | #California | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/31/bruces-beach-california-plaque-stolen
> Bruce’s Beach was a rare resort for Black residents of Manhattan Beach starting in 1912, until city seized it in 1924
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Insta 3yrs ago: Color separation. #beachtown #neighborhood #brucesbeach #streetscene #christmaslights #decorations #history #blacklivesmatter #oceanview #dusk #manhattanbeach #losangeles #california https://osoporto.com
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Insta 2yrs ago: Color separation. #beachtown #neighborhood #brucesbeach #streetscene #christmaslights #decorations #history #blacklivesmatter #oceanview #dusk #manhattanbeach #staysafe osoporto.com
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@MikeElgan The case of #BrucesBeach seems like a model for how reparations should work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce's_Beach
Compensation for a specific harm to a specific person, with the beneficiaries being the confirmed heirs of those harmed. The paper trail has to be pretty watertight, and the line of succession pretty short, otherwise you generate absurdities trying to unwind the unknowns of history.