atone

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery.

Despite the bill signings, advocates for reparations have criticized the governor and Democratic lawmakers for making meager progress on its “first in the nation” effort to study, propose and adopt remedies to atone for slavery that began in 2020.

Reddy's party has also invited people to take part in religious rituals in temples across the state to "atone for the sin" that, they say, Naidu has committed by making allegations about the laddus.

In 2024, it’s films like "The Front Room," "The Deliverance," and, although considerably suspenseful, "Blink Twice," that show Black women atone with their traumas, which hadn’t quite been confronted in traditional horrors.