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Sen. Padilla on Reparations: “We Can Walk and Chew Gum” - Voice and Viewpoint

Manny Otiko | California Black Media California’s newest and first Latino Democratic Senator, Alex Padilla, says he supports reparations for Black American descendants of enslaved African people. He made the statement during an online news briefing with members of California’s ethnic press organized by Ethnic Media Services. “It’s the morally right thing to do,” said […]

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