SF Sleeping Toms Indulge in “PrioriTease” Reparations Talk for 5% Black Populace Rather than Engage in the Hard Work of Economic Development or Confront the Many Problems Caused by White Supremacy
/From [HERE] By putting a dollar amount on historical wrongs, Black politicians, activists and residents are pressing San Francisco to live up to its progressive image.
“The world is watching,” said Tinisch Hollins, the vice chair of the city’s reparations committee, which has produced a controversial report that has garnered nationwide headlines.
With the city confronting a reparations price tag that could well be in the billions, hostilities to the effort have exposed long-standing rifts in this city of extreme wealth — and wealth disparity. Home to dozens of billionaires, many of whom earned their riches in the region’s famed technology sector, San Francisco has persistently struggled with homelessness and crime. [MORE]