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Kristin Nimmers, policy and campaign manager for the California Black Power Network and the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth, stated that financial reparations for African Americans must extend far beyond a "single check" following the enactment of Assembly Bill 2599 in California.
The bill, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom as the Truth in Disclosure Act, requires corporations doing business in the state with gross revenues exceeding $100 million to search historical records and publicly disclose any financial ties to chattel slavery.
Nimmers described the organization's approach as harm-based, arguing that individuals with lineage to enslaved people are entitled to repair for specific historical injustices.
These include compensation for slavery, unpaid labor, and the failure to fulfill the post-Civil War promise of 40 acres and a mule.
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