Commentary
In ancient Greek Mythology, Tantalus was punished by being hungry and thirsty, but forever having water and fruit held just out of his reach. Hence, tantalize.
That’s what reparations for slavery and Jim Crow are for black people—something held before them by politicians, professors, political writers, and others, but which they will never get. Yet the California Reparations Task Force continues to work, figuring out how much supposedly should be paid to each of the state’s 2.5 million black residents.
In June, I wrote in The Epoch Times, on the task force’s preliminary report, about how the state doesn’t have the money, and it would be impossible to figure out exactly how much to pay and to whom….