California faces backlash as it weighs historic reparations for Black residents

The state has become the focus of the nation's divisive reparations conversation as it advances its reparations efforts

As California considers implementing large-scale reparations for Black residents affected by the legacy of slavery, the state has also become the focus of the nation's divisive reparations conversation, drawing the backlash of conservatives criticizing the priorities of a liberal" state.

Reparations for Slavery? California's Bad Idea Catches On," commentator Jason L Riley wrote in the Wall Street Journal, as New York approved a commission to study the idea. In the Washington Post, conservative columnist George F Will said the state's debate around reparations adds to a plague of solemn silliness".