A member of the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee is speaking out and says that white people are “still benefiting” from the “harm caused by their ancestors.”
According to the UK outlet The Telegraph, committee member Nikcole Cunningham said that straight white men were not supporting reparations and are a “danger to society.” She also said that “white supremacy is ingrained in the DNA in this country and definitely in this city.”
“They pose more of a harm than support and help,” said Cunnigham. “And then you got to remember their ancestors are the ones who were standing out here in their Sunday best watching Black people hang and burn.”
Cunningham said that nothing would change until white people “come to grips” with their ancestry.
“So until white people come to grips with their ancestry too and make amends with them, to say, I want to be the change,” she said.
The reparations task force member also noted that even though straight white men are “privileged,” they are often “abusive” and make up the majority of the “serial killers” in society.
“They have the most, I watch these shows, the most serial killers,” she said. “Straight white men are the ones who are shooting up schools, right? So they are a danger to society. Not all of them.”
The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee recommended that the city provide eligible Black residents with a one-time payment of $5 million to atone for the racist policies affecting Black people.
To be eligible, residents 18 and over must prove they’ve been living in the city for at least 10 years. They would also have to prove two other criteria on a list, including being descended from an enslaved person or attending San Francisco public schools during segregation. Other criteria include residents who were directly affected by the failed War on Drugs or having been born in San Franciso or…
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