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San Francisco's supervisors plan to offer a formal apology to Black residents for decades of racist laws and policies perpetrated by the city, a long-awaited first step as it considers providing reparations. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the resolution apologizing to African Americans and their descendants. All 11 members have signed on as sponsors, guaranteeing its passage. It would be one of the first major U.S. cities to do so. The resolution calls on San Francisco to not repeat the harmful policies and practices, and to commit “to making substantial ongoing, systemic, and...

A Philadelphia influencer, who livestreamed a looting spree in the city, has had her legal representation slam the 'all out assault' on her as racist. Dayjia Blackwell, a 21-year-old influencer known as 'Meatball', livestreamed looters in the recent flash mob robbery in Philadelphia and asked her 181,000 Instagram followers to join her as she ran through the street. Jessica Mann, Blackwell's lawyer, wrote on social media Friday: 'It sickens me to witness the media's complicity in what can only be described as an all-out assault on black and brown people, as their character and actions are mercilessly vilified.' Mann defending...

@EndWokeness Protestors in London are now calling for a boycott of all non-black stores This is in response to the viral video of a brown shopkeeper confronting a black shoplifter in Peckham

Apart from the 16 individuals who have already received payment, the city has identified 90 more eligible individuals and begun making home visits. A Chicago suburb began paying reparations to black residents this week after first approving the proposal in 2019. Thus far, 16 residents have received funds from a $10 million sum the city allocated for such payments, the Evanston Round Table reported. The money was initially to come from cannabis sales tax, but the city subsequently approved use of real estate transfer tax revenue to expedite the process. Apart from the 16 individuals who have already received payment,...