The state of California has recently considered a plan to distribute a form of cash reparations to Black residents. A new tweet has expressed the feelings of people who disagree with the proposed plan.

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California is considering a plan to pay $223,000 to each Black resident in a form of cash reparations, according to a New York Times report. A recent tweet has expressed their disagreement with the proposed plan.

A Twitter user by the name of CJ Pearson, says that reparations is unnecessary since there are no former slaves still currently alive. Reparations has been a controversial topic in America for decades as well as discussing race and gender  in classrooms. 

Other users agreed with  the original tweet from  CJ Pearson about Black people not being formerly enslaved. 

In contrast, another user tweeted that Black people built the country and fully deserved reparations. However, the report says the reparation plan is not for slavery but for housing discrimination for four decades in the 20th century that significantly affected black residents in California.

California has not finalized the idea, and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsome, has not provided additional information about the proposed plan.

The College Board, an organization behind Advanced Placement courses, launched a program in which students can take classes that will teach African-American history on the AP level. Classes will discuss intersectionality, roots of mass incarceration, analysis of speeches from civil rights leaders, and more.