Los Angeles Commission Releases Reparations Report Outlining Black Residents Experiences Since 1925

by Sharelle Burt August 31, 2024 Looks like we’re getting somewhere…. The Reparations Advisory Commission of Los Angeles released a 400-page report to sponsor potential reparations to Black residents based on discriminatory harms faced over the last 100 years, the Los Angeles Times reports.  The struggles of Black “Angelenos” were documented in the first city-sponsored reparations report called “An Examination of African American Experiences in Los Angeles.” The report was unveiled by six researchers at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) on Aug. 27, highlighting data from interviews and focus groups that included hundreds of residents – both past and present.  Within the report, laws and public policy were analyzed over the last century to showcase the effect of racial discrimination on descendants of enslaved African Americans. “Despite the legal end of slavery, Black Angelenos continue to face systemic discrimination and inequity via legal segregation, enacted by both the state via the LAPD and the courts, as well as by the public, including groups like the Ku Klux Klan,” researcher and CSUN professor of Africana studies Marquita Gammage said.  Close to 620 people were interviewed for the report, with more than 50% being women. Twelve different types of harmful effects...