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March 16, 2023 | 8:59 a.m
A former Black Lives Matter activist has slammed San Francisco’s “unrealistic” reparation plan, saying it’s a way to “gas it on” black Americans – and accused lawmakers of “focusing more on slavery” than the homelessness that plagues the city.
Xaviaer DuRousseau, a former BLM supporter who now works for PragerU, an advocacy group that creates videos promoting conservative ideas, said Tuesday the costly handouts perpetuate “fraudulent narratives about systemic racism.”
“These are 111 ways to make black Americans feel like we need to depend on a handout system to be successful,” said DuRousseau, who is black, while appearing on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle.
San Francisco’s board of directors on Tuesday fully endorsed 111 recommendations from a city-appointed reparations committee, including $5 million in lump sum payments to every eligible black citizen, guaranteed incomes of $97,000 a year for 250 years, elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, and homes for as little as $1.
Xavier DuRousseau, a former BLM supporter, said in The Ingraham Angle that San Francisco’s reparations plan is “disgusting” and a way to pressure black Americans. FoxNews
The sweeping proposal, presented without a cost analysis, aims to eradicate centuries of slavery and systemic racism, which supporters of the plan say have deprived generations of black citizens of opportunity in most areas of life.
According to one estimate, the reparations program could cost the city, which has a budget of just $14 billion for 2022-2023, about $50 billion.
According to a calculation by Stanford University’s conservative Hoover Institution, each non-black family in the city would have to raise at least $600,000 to make amends possible.
The plan, approved by the San Francisco board of directors, calls for $5 million in payments, $97,000 in annual income, debt reduction and $1 homes. AP
“It’s so unrealistic to think that the average family in San Francisco will be able to pay $600,000 more per person,” DuRousseau told Ingraham.
DuRousseau hinted that what the Reparations Committee is proposing “will never really happen” as San Francisco already faces a large deficit and lacks the resources to spend billions of dollars.
But beyond questioning the plan’s economic feasibility, DuRousseau accused San Francisco’s liberal politicians of being more concerned about historical injustices than a current crisis unfolding in their city.
Supporters of the proposal see it as a way to undo centuries of slavery and systemic racism. AP
“It’s abhorrent to me that our focus is more on slavery that ended in 1865 than on veterans homeless on the streets of San Francisco begging for loose change in 2023,” he said. “That’s where they need to start sending their money.”
Until the publication of its final report in June, the Supervisory Board will not make any decisions on redress. The board can then vote to change, accept or reject any or all of the 111 recommendations.
The exact number of black San Franciscans who would be entitled to redress is not yet known.
In San Francisco, black residents make up less than 6% of the city’s population—that’s fewer than 50,000 people.
To be eligible, applicants must be at least 18 years old and have identified as Black on public documents for at least a decade.
They must also prove that they meet two of eight additional standards — including being born or immigrated to San Francisco between 1940 and 1996, and proof of residency for at least 13 years, being personal or a direct descendant of an individual imprisoned in the “failed war on drugs,” or being a descendant of an individual enslaved before 1865.
John Dennis, leader of the San Francisco Republican Party, said the discussion about reparations was “frivolous”.
“They just threw up a number, there’s no analysis,” he said. “It seems ridiculous, and it also seems like this is the only city where it could possibly happen.”
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