The city of San Francisco formally apologized to Black residents Tuesday for racial discrimination.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, officially bipartisan but made up of 11 Democrats, unanimously passed a resolution apologizing to black residents for racial discrimination.
apology read:
On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is committed to supporting all African Americans who come to San Francisco and become victims of systemic and structural discrimination, institutionalized racism, and targeted acts. I deeply apologize to the people and their descendants. violence and brutality.
Specifically, the resolution “deprives Black San Francisco of the opportunity to build generational wealth from Black people in San Francisco,” among other discriminatory policies that promote policy redlining, the destruction of Black neighborhoods, and “structural racism.” He has apologized for enacting a policy of “systematically depriving people.”
Supervisor Sherman Walton, who introduced the resolution, praised the “long overdue” passage, but said it is not enough.
“While we still have a long way to go, this is a first step toward reversing the ways in which racism has created an affront to black humanity, and San Francisco is committed to making substantial and sustained contributions to the black community.” , addressing historical and current harms, including committing to systematic, planned investments,” she says. Said.
San Francisco joins Boston By formally apologizing for racism.
This apology is the first step in San Francisco’s reparations process, led by the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee.
The commission proposed that all eligible black residents should receive a one-time cash payment of $5 million as racial discrimination relief.
However, the committee chairman acknowledged that there is no mathematical basis to justify this staggering figure.
“There was no mathematical formula…that meant a sufficient investment in the family from slavery and all chattel to put the family on the path to economic well-being, growth, and vitality.” “It was a commission’s journey to achieve that. The policy that flowed from it was destroyed,” chairman Eric McDonnell admitted last year.
Meanwhile, San Francisco leaders have not apologized for the city’s response. open pharmaceutical market, homelessness crisisand spread of crime.
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