Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) earned the ire of California Democrats after rejecting several reparations-inspired racial justice bills.
Newsom passed a bill granting $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm the status of slave descendants, but rejected others providing special preference to black people or the descendants of slaves. Democratic Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, who wrote one of the bills, said the veto was “more than disappointing.”
“While the Trump Administration threatens our institutions of higher learning and attacks the foundations of diversity and inclusivity, now is not the time to shy away from the fight to protect students who have descended from legacies of harm and exclusion,” he said, the Associated Press reported.
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