Maryland is on the verge of joining a sad fraternity of U.S. states that includes the likes of California, Illinois, and New York.
(No, this isn’t about crime, though those blue states do also share that in common.)
The Old Line State is now the fourth to pass legislation to create a state reparations commission.
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The point of the commission, per The Hill, is “to study and recommend future reparations for slavery and racial discrimination.”
Those benefits would be targeted toward “individuals whose ancestors were enslaved” or who “were impacted by certain inequitable government policies.”
The outlet described the bill as “a top priority of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland” when it passed the Maryland House on Wednesday.
According to Maryland Matters, the bill
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