'There wasn't a math formula': San Francisco's woke reparations committee sparks fury as it reveals how it calculated controversial $5 MILLION payout it wants to give EVERY black resident
- Black San Francisco residents could receive $5million each in reparations as the city admits there's no 'mathematical formula' for the number
- Critics slammed the huge payout proposal as unrealistic and worry the city will tank under the financial strain
- The city said it is less about slavery - which was never legal in California - and more about 'public policies'
The city has now revealed they did not follow a mathematical formula, but instead looked into the state's history to help determine the controversial figure.
'There wasn’t a math formula,' chairman Eric McDonnell told the Washington Post.
'It was a journey for the committee towards what could represent a significant enough investment in families to put them on a path to economic well-being, growth and vitality
Black San Francisco residents could receive up to $5 million each in reparations under a proposal from the African American Reparations Advisory Committee
Committee chairman Eric McDonnell admitted they did not follow a mathematical formula to determine how much each qualifying residents will receive
San Francisco Republican Party chairman, John Dennis, criticized the proposal, saying 'there was no justification for the number, no analysis provided'.
'This is just a bunch of like-minded people who got in the room and came up with a number,' he told the Post.
'This was an opportunity to do some serious work and they blew it.'
Even William A. Darity Jr., an economist who supports reparations, slammed the high priced number, saying the payout needs to be 'somewhat realistic.'
'Calling for $5 million payout by a local government undercuts the credibility of the reparations effort,' he told the Post.
Supporters argue that black residents make, on average, $44,000 annually, compared to their white counterparts that make more than $100,000.
The city is home to roughly 50,000 African Americans. If each resident qualified, it would take up much more than the annual city budget.
McDonnell (pictured) said: 'It was a journey for the committee towards what could represent a significant enough investment in families to put them on a path to economic well-being, growth and vitality'
Slavery was never legal in the state of California.
Reparations critics are concerned the city will crack under the financial strain. The city has an annual budget of $14billion, according to the Washington Post. The city also faces a $728million deficit over the next two years.
Qualifying households would have their income supplemented to match the city's median income - $97,000 in 2022 - for the next 250 years.
A number of other proposals include investment in San Francisco's black community, financial education, legal protections of people's reparations, tax credits, and black-owned banks being brought in to manage people's money.
Earlier this month, a famed Black Panther, who's also a communist, faced calls to pay reparations after discovering her ancestors were white puritans who arrived in the US on the Mayflower.
Angela Davis, 79, was flabbergasted to discover both sides of her family were white, and that her mom's ancestors were slave owners, on PBS show Finding Your Roots.
The stunning revelations sparked calls for the famously woke Marxist University of California professor to herself pay reparations, having previously called on whites to pony-up in the past.
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