Florida Lawmaker Wants a Constitutional Amendment to Ban Reparations in State

The resolution comes amid a wider push by Florida Republicans to whitewash the history of slavery in the U.S.

A Florida lawmaker has introduced a constitutional amendment that would forbid any state or local government from being able to distribute reparation payments to descendants of people who were enslaved in the U.S. prior to the end of the Civil War. The joint resolution, authored by Republican state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, would need to pass both houses of the state legislature by 60 percent votes...

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