"The State of California accepts responsibility for the role we played in promoting, facilitating, and permitting the institution of slavery, as well as its enduring legacy of persistent racial disparities," the governor said in a statement. "Building on decades of work, California is now taking another important step forward in recognizing the grave injustices of the past - and making amends for the harms caused."
"This is a monumental achievement born from a two-year academic study of the losses suffered by Black Americans in California due to systemic bigotry and racism," said Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, who authored the apology bill and also served on the California Reparations Task Force. "Healing can only begin with an apology. The State of California acknowledges its past actions and is taking this bold step to correct them, recognizing its role in hindering the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness for Black individuals through racially motivated punitive laws."
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