Earlier this year, when California’s reparations task force proposed reparations of $1.2 million for each black person in the state, it was so absurd that even Gov. Gavin Newsom refused to enforce the recommendation. It was a ludicrous recommendation, but frankly, many of us were surprised that Newsom didn’t support it.
The failure of California to go forward with reparations was significant. Remember the axiom, “As California goes, so goes the nation”? Well, if California were to pay its black residents reparations, it would most certainly pave the way for other states, and potentially the federal government, to follow suit.
Reparations are often framed as a way to correct alleged systemic discrimination against black Americans, and if California couldn’t do it, then it seemed reasonable to suspect that other states wouldn’t even bother trying.
Yeah, about that.
Despite California’s failure to implement reparations, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation this week to establish a commission to study reparations.
“Today, we are continuing our efforts to right the wrongs of the past by acknowledging the painful legacy of slavery in New York,” Hochul said. “We have a moral obligation to reckon with all parts of our shared history as New Yorkers, and this commission marks a critical step forward in these efforts.”
The planned commission will be made up of nine members chosen by Hochul, the speaker of the state assembly, and the state senate majority leader — all Democrats.
"Here in New York, there was a slave market where people bought and sold other human beings with callous disregard," Hochul explained. "It happened right on Wall Street for more than a century. And even though it officially closed when slavery was abolished in New York in 1827, our state still remained a dominant player in the illegal slave trade. The practice continued, and our financial and business institutions prospered."
“The population of enslaved Africans accounted for 20 percent of New York’s population, while 40 percent of colonial New York households owned enslaved Africans,” she continued. “This was an integral part of the development of the State of New York, and the consequences of the institution of slavery – and subsequently, discrimination and systemic racism borne of that institution – can still be observed today.”
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What’s the purpose of this commission? Will it recommend another ridiculously high sum to be paid out to black New York residents that the state most certainly could not afford to pay? It seems almost inevitable that the same thing that happened in California will happen in New York, and this effort will accomplish one thing and one thing only: more racial division.
It’s true. And I dare say Democrats do this intentionally. A divided nation is a nation on the brink of collapse, and a race war is likely their ultimate goal. Not that they'll ever admit it. Let's not forget that it should have been a turning point in our nation when Barack Obama, despite lacking anything resembling enough experience to run our country, was elected president not once but twice. It was a historic and symbolic moment for our country that should have moved us past the point of being obsessed with race. However, Obama's tenure did not contribute to healing the nation; instead, his policies exacerbated the challenges of black Americans. He also played the race card throughout his presidency. Any chance he had to pour gasoline on the flames of racial division, he did.
Joe Biden similarly never misses an opportunity to racialize everything, equating opposition to his policies with racism. There's a reason why black Americans did better in the Trump economy than in the Obama economy, and there's a reason why Democrats are panicking because nonwhite voters are starting to realize what's going on and are shifting away from Biden and toward Trump in the polls.
