San Francisco apologizes for its anti-Black racism

“People have a responsibility of righting the wrongs of the past because they still affect us here today,” Supervisor Shamann Walton said as the 11-member Board of Supervisors passed the “Black apology” resolution unanimously on Feb. 27. The news made headlines worldwide. by Daphne Young The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a resolution “Apologizing to African Americans and Their Descendants” on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco.& The seven-page resolution was co-sponsored by all 11 members of the Board at the Feb. 27, 2024, SF Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday night. The historic resolution “acknowledges acts of fundamental injustice, terror, cruelty, and brutality committed against the Black San Francisco community and the depth of harm experienced by generations of Black San Franciscans, along with the debilitating impact this has had on Blacks in San Francisco.”& (Read the full text of the resolution HERE.) The resolution went on to offer the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ deepest apologies to all African Americans and their descendants who came to San Francisco and were victims of systemic and structural discrimination, institutionalized racism, targeted acts of violence, and atrocities, as well as committing to the rectification and redress...