Community Conversations: Lineage Based Reparations & the Divide Between Black Americans Descendant From Slaves, & Those Who Aren’t

A new California law will create separate data categories for Black people based on lineage, in large part to better track discriminatory practices, and continue the state's talks on reparations.

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA - JULY 20: Activist Kavon Ward speaks at a ceremony to return ownership of Bruce's Beach to the descendants of a Black family who had the land stripped from them nearly a century ago in Manhattan Beach, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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