California Secretary of State Shirley Weber last week told a state-mandated Reparations Task Force that atonement for slavery is long overdue and should include free education for all African Americans from preschool to university. “Education should be available to every African American, regardless of their background in terms of the resources they have. University of California should be free to every black person in California, period,” Weber told the task force on Sept. 24, the second day of the virtual hearing. Not only should higher learning be free for black students, but it should begin earlier, she suggested. “I think you have to do those kinds of things that are bold,” she advised the task force. “Every black child in California that’s born should basically be going to preschool, because they have to catch up for themselves and their mother who didn’t go.” Weber said she couldn’t put a price …
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