The Prospects and Limitations of California's Reparations Plan for Black Residents.

California's reparations task force has approved a plan to compensate some Black residents for the state's role in enabling slavery and other forms of white supremacy. However, not all Black residents of the state would be eligible for cash compensation or other forms of direct reparations. Reparations would be limited to people who can trace their lineage to chattel slavery in the U.S. and descendants of a free Black person living in the country before 1900. The size of cash payments would vary based on how long a person has lived in California.