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African slaves were brought to California during The Gold Rush. After being freed they and their decendants were denied jobs, subject to redlining, and various other forms of segregation. To this day, generations of people are at a cultural and economical disadvantage. https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/02/27/what-does-california-owe-descendants-of-the-enslaved/ https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/50-years-after-being-outlawed-redlining-still-drives-neighborhood-health-inequities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_California#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20slavery%20in,involuntary%20servitude%20to%20the%20area.
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