Gov. Ferguson, please sign Washington’s 1st slavery reparations study | Opinion

As a 28-year-old Black millennial, husband, minister and president of the Tacoma Branch NAACP, I’m writing you because today Washington state stands at an historic turning point.

The Legislature has passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5167, a $78 billion biennial budget bill which includes just $300,000 to fund Washington’s first study on reparations for descendants of victims of U.S. chattel slavery. Gov. Bob Ferguson, we realize you possess line-item veto power, but please preserve this funding in your budget.

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