If California Governor Gavin Newsom is searching for a reparations agenda that has broad appeal, he will need to expand what the movement is all about and focus on policy reforms that would improve the lives of Black Californians as well as people of various races.
The United States Supreme Court recently created two openings by blocking President Joe Biden’s move to waive the federal student debt of 40 million potential voters and banning affirmative action at both private and public universities. Focusing on reforms that address inequities and avoiding the third rail of financial reparations is the sweet spot if the governor seeks to do anything with a California task force’s report that was finished earlier this month.