Dem lawmaker in tears after Republican says its unfair for Asians, Latinos to pay reparations

A California Democrat held back tears earlier this month when a Republican lawmaker said it would be unfair to make Asians and Latinos pay slavery reparations to African-Americans. The exchange happened on June 11 during a meeting of the California Assembly Committee on Judiciary. The lawmakers were discussing SB 1331, a bill that would establish the “Fund for Reparations and Reparative Justice” in the state treasury — the culmination of a monthslong initiative by California Democrats to develop a reparation proposal for descendants of American slaves.  “I’m concerned about the proposal to help facilitate distribution of reparations,” Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez, a Republican from Santa Margarita, said during the hearing. Sanchez cited economists who analyzed the proposal from California’s reparations task force and found it could cost $800 billion.  REPARATIONS IN AMERICA: HOW CITIES FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO WILMINGTON ARE TRYING TO GET IT DONE California Assemblyman Kate Sanchez, R-Santa Margarita, said it would be unfair to make Asian and Latino Californians pay slavery reparations to African-Americans. (California State Assembly) “That’s two and a half times the size of our entire state budget,” she said. “To pay for that, you’d need a major tax hike unlike anything this state has ever...