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Originally Posted by Rockstar
What the hell is California doing paying slave reparations? The State had nothing to do with slavery because it wasn’t even a State yet. I mean if they really give a damn about history you think they would at least consider the fact the State of California managed to commit genocide and in just 20 years, wipe out 80 percent of California’s Native Americans. Some died because of the seizure of their land or diseases caught from new settlers, between 9,000 and 16,000 were murdered in cold blood—the victims of a policy of genocide sponsored by the state of California and gleefully assisted by its newest citizens.
Bunch of pandering, conceited, crooks ignoring the history of their own State and its victims. All for a vote. Absolutely pathetic.
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While California entered as a free state there were many African American slaves brought to the state by Southern slave owners during the gold rush.
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