The City of Oakland's Racist Policy Represents a New and Dangerous Trend

All of us Americans have the responsibility to let our community leaders and national leaders know that prejudice against any race cannot be justified.

Democrat Mayor of the City of Oakland, California, Libby Schaaf, announced last week that the city would hand out a monthly guaranteed payment to the city's Black and Indigenous families and other people of color (BIPOC). But poor whites are not eligible. 

According to the mayor, the Oakland Resilient Families program, which is the official name of this guaranteed monthly income pilot program, results from the collaboration between the Oakland-based nonprofit organization Family Independence Initiative and the National Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, of which Mayor Schaaf is a member. Blue Meridian Partners, a left-leaning nonprofit organization, will provide funding for this program. 

The Oakland program will support 600 BIPOC families with a $500 monthly payment for 18 months, with no string attached to the payment, no work requirement, and no legal residency requirement (so illegal immigrants and their families can participate). People who receive the payments may spend the money how…