My Latest NY Post Article - Governor Newsom Dodges Reparations Cash Payouts

Link to Article - Gavin Newsom's reparations dodge proves Democrats see them only as a political stunt

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I obviously don’t comment on every topic for a variety of reasons. Sometimes I don’t comment on things because it’s not my strong suit or it’s just not of great interest to me.

However, as I openly write about race, I purposefully avoided talking about reparations for a multitude of reasons.

Reparations create this emotional reaction from people who are for it or against it and it generally lacks nuance. If I attempt to have an intellectual conversation around it, some of the people who are pro-reparations don’t want to hear it because they feel it’s about what’s right, damn the consequences of doing so or examining the implementation of it.

If you’re not adamantly against it, many of the anti-reparations people automatically lump you in the pro-reparations department. The truth is that I’m neither for nor against reparations: I think it depends.

I think it depends on what the basis of reparations is for and how you plan to implement it. The problem is that the government is terrible at discernment, oversight, and foresight.

But in the end, the REAL reason I don’t talk about reparations is the same reason I don’t talk about the Easter Bunny: it’s imaginary. I see reparations as a dangling carrot over people’s heads for political purposes but it’s all an illusion because reparations will never happen anyways. So, why talk about something that will never happen?

This article is the first time I sort of talk about reparations but without inserting my opinion on reparations: this was purposefully done. The point of this article is to highlight how in California, with a majority Democratic legislature and a Democrat Governor, Gavin Newsom, reparations are still not likely to happen as they promised: proving my point.

The reparations committee was formed by Newsom and the committee has given financial recommendations for eligible black residents in California to receive cash payouts upwards of $1 million, to which Newsom PUBLICLY declined this effort stating that reparations are more than cash payouts.

There are more details in the article. Give it a read and tell me what you think.