REPARATIONS ON TRIAL: PART 3
The People Begin to Awaken A courtroom setback for reparations opponents has not ended the fight. It has clarified it: the real battle now is whether San Francisco will defend Black-specific repair—or retreat into safe symbolism while Bayview-Hunters Point and the Fillmore continue to carry the weight of documented municipal harm. Photo credits:https://www.kqed.org/news/11948198/examining-reparations-and-the-historical-harms-of-slavery-and-racism-in-california (top left) […]
REPARATIONS ON TRIAL – PART II
The Complaint Against San Francisco, the Truth It Tries to Bury, and a Call for Unity With Mayor Daniel Lurie In Part I, I explained why San Francisco’s harm against Black residents was not abstract, not accidental, and not “societal.” It was municipal. It was deliberate. It was enforced by policy. Part II must confront […]
**REPARATIONS ON TRIAL:
Part 1: San Francisco’s Debt, America’s Fear, and the Lie of “Societal Discrimination”** Photo credits: Newly unearthed trove of photographs shows the Fillmore’s devastation in stunning detail https://sfstandard.com/2024/02/29/san-francisco-fillmore-destruction-documented/ (top left) The Rise & Fall of the “Harlem of the West” https://bishopsf.org/blog/remembering-the-harlem-of-the-west (top right and bottom) San Francisco likes to describe itself as a city of […]