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Tamaki Appointed to Task Force to Study Reparations for African Americans Posted On SACRAMENTO – As the country continues to confront a history of racial injustice, deeply rooted in the legacy of slavery and systemic racism, Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 7 appointed five individuals to serve on the newly formed Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The formation of this task force was made possible by the governor’s signing of AB 3121, authored by then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), which established a nine-member task force to inform Califo...

1. Diversity Dr. Madeline Hsu, a history professor at the University of Texas, said different kinds of Asian Americans often get grouped together. People of Chinese, Korean and Japanese descent tend to be discussed the most. Meanwhile, people from countries like India, Nepal, or Laos are often overlooked. Hsu said it’s about asking people “to be willing to consider the complexity that is included in the census category [Asian American].” She said very little is taught about regions like South and Southeast Asia. However, Texas has large populations of Vietnamese, Indian and Filipino res...

May 18: The first episode delves into the 1857 Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. Sanford, in which an enslaved man and his family sued for their freedom. The court denied the legality of citizenship for Black Americans, a decision that many scholars now consider the worst in the court’s history.   June 1: The second episode details the decision behind the phrase “separate but equal.” In the Plessy v. Ferguson case , the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were “equal in quality.” June...

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his allotment of five of nine representatives to the nation’s first-ever Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The state task force is being assembled to meet the mandate of the Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, a landmark legislation Gov. Newsom signed into law last September 2020 that aims to promote racial justice and equity.

Counterpoint: Vouchers are no 'vaccine' but a 'variant' of what ails schools With inequal opportunities to leave the public school system, school choice will segregate society and deepen racial inequality.  By Nolan Concannon Text size Copy shortlink: Like many young adults, I have found the recent racial reckoning both monumental and eye-opening. I recognize that this movement has been long coming and that my surprise is a reflection of inadequate personal experience with race and racism, which I attribute to a lack of focus on race in my...