Big things are happening on the West Coast! The California Reparations Task Force is deep into its revolutionary work. We talk with chairperson Kamilah Moore, who gives us the inside scoop on how they’re hatching a real plan - one that can set the stage for reparations across the whole country!

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Guest: Kamilah Moore

Kamilah is Chairperson of the California Reparations Task Force. She’s a reparations scholar and an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles. Kamilah earned a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, a law degree from Columbia, and a Master of Laws degree in International Criminal Law from the University of Amsterdam.  Twitter: @KamilahVMoore

Highlights of episode:

[0:36]  Adam & Tony on the historic nature of the Task Force’s reparations plan 

[4:14]  Kamilah on the false narrative of California as a “free” state

[7:20]  Kamilah on who should be eligible for reparations

[9:56]  Why it’s hard for most Black people to trace their geneology, and the “brick wall of 1870”

[15:16]  Kamilah on the criminalizing of African Americans, from slavery to today

[22:30]  Adam & Tony on the eligibility issue

[24:28]  Adam & Tony on the task force’s key proposals

The California Reparations Task Force:

• Full Interim Report
• Executive Summary
• Preliminary Recommendations
• Home page
• Testimony of Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky to the Task Force, about how to define the eligible group to give best chances of being upheld in court.

Black Panther Party’s 10-Point Platform

Contact Tony and Adam

Transcript of this episode

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