Startling Daily Mail poll reveals reality of support for slavery reparations among Americans

Nearly 50 percent of Americans do not support taxpayer-funded reparations for Black residents, according to a new poll from DailyMail.com/JL Partners.

A slew of blue cities across the country have proposed paying money to the descendants of slaves in recent years.

California became the first U.S. state to establish a reparations task force in 2023 to make recommendations.

Other Democratic areas, such as New York City and Boston, are also considering reparations for affected populations.

Still, the DailyMail.com poll found that a majority of Americans do not support the idea of ​​handing out millions of dollars to the ancestors of slaves, with 37 percent strongly opposed and 11 percent somewhat opposed.

Only nine percent strongly support reparations, while 11 percent somewhat support the proposal, the poll found.

More than 30 percent said they did not know whether they supported or opposed reparations.

Several reparations task forces have proposed offering millions of dollars in public money to the ancestors of slaves as a form of apology.

But in September, California Governor Gavin Newsom dealt a blow to the state’s recovery efforts by vetoing a major real estate bill.

The defeated Senate Bill 1050 would have helped Black families reclaim or compensate for property wrongfully seized by the government through racially motivated eminent domain.

“I thank the author for his commitment to righting past racial injustices,” Newsom said in a statement, referring to state Sen. Steven Bradford. “However, this bill directs a non-existent state agency to implement its various provisions and requirements, making it impossible to implement.”

The legislation was part of a package of reparations bills introduced this year that aims to redress decades of policies that discriminated against African Americans.

New York City also unveiled plans to offer reparations to the descendants of slaves in September — but the proposals are Mayor Eric Adams has yet to sign the law.

New York City had one of the highest rates of slave ownership in the country in the 18th century before it was abolished in 1872, according to the City Council.

However, businesses across the city, including the predecessors of some modern banks, continued to benefit financially from the slave trade until 1866 — with lawmakers behind the proposals noting that the damage caused by the institution is still felt by Black Americans today .

More than two-to-one American voters oppose slavery reparations, which propose giving families born out of slavery monetary compensation to compensate for the past actions of the U.S. government.

One of the proposals would require the city to erect a sign on Wall Street in Manhattan to mark the location of New York’s first slave market, which took place between 1711 and 1762.

In Boston, the Boston People’s Reparations Commission has demanded that the city invest $15 billion in reparations for slavery.

They demanded that the amount be “invested monetarily and through public policies that will last for generations for Black Bostonians.”

Head of the Commission, Rev. Kevin Peterson, shared WCVB that although the group is asking for $15 billion, this is “not enough” as “every life is incalculable.”

In addition to the money sought from the city, the Commission is in discussions with Boston’s white churches about a possible $50 million payout.

Only nine percent of respondents strongly support reparations, while 11 percent somewhat support it, the poll found

Another hotly debated topic in the run-up to the November elections is immigration.

The DailyMail.com/JL Partners poll showed that 50 percent of respondents strongly supported significantly reducing the number of immigrants entering the country illegally, and 18 percent somewhat supported it.

Nearly 50 percent also were both strongly and somewhat in favor of reducing immigrants coming to the U.S. legally.