A bill has been introduced in Salem that seeks to create a task force to study whether or not the state is complicit in denying civil rights and opportunities to African Americans. No other race or minority group is listed.
According to House Bill 2995 “Sets up a task force to look at ways in which the state can give reparations for past acts of racism to African-American people who live in the state.
Establishes the Task Force on Reparations and directs the task force to study and develop…