Contra Costa County leaders have started discussions about creating an Office of Racial Justice and Social Equity.
The concept was described by several speakers this week who told the Contra Costa Supervisors an Office of Racial Justice and Social Equity would help ensure a stronger public voice for promoting racial and economic equality and
addressing police brutality and the disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus on Contra Costa’s low-income residents and communities of color.
“We’ve been talking about … putting those ideals — which are part of the founding of this country but have not been realized — into action at the level of the budget and beyond,” Dan Geiger, coordinator of the Contra Costa Budget Justice Coalition, told the supervisors.
Part of that fight, Geiger said, should include shifting some funding from law enforcement to social services.
County Supervisor John Gioia said he and Supervisor Federal Glover have been talking with community groups for a while about this, and that these groups, as well as county departments, have already been laying the
groundwork for better advancing these social equity concerns. An Office of Racial Justice and Social Equity, Gioia said, would institutionalize the process.
Gioia said a more in-depth discussion of an Office of Racial Justice and Social Equity will be on the supervisors’ July 14 meeting agenda.
“I do believe there will be a lot more community interest and participation in our budget process this year,” Gioia said. “We’ve already begun to see this in our public comments.”
Will WHITES also be represented since it has been open season on Whites and YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN DENIAL IF THAT.
What are you talking about? Nothing bad ever ever happens to white people. Just watch the(so called) nightly news and see.
Right on time. Contra costa county leadership is the pitts.
Codified Racism. No Whites Need Apply.
How about a committee to oversee a REDUCTION IN CRIME, and another committee to protect LAW-ABIDING citizens, business owners and the overwhelming amount of good cops??
As soon as the race card is played, it is racism.
And government bureaucracy continues to grow….
Aren’t there already laws in place that prevent discrimination in employment, housing, etc.? This is nonsense.
There are a set of laws, policies, guidelines, and administrative practices in place that require discrimination in employment.
It is called “affirmative action”.
The marxist takeover of society under the guise of racial equality continues.
Nailed it. Diversity and inclusion, equity, those just code for giving the marxists a seat at the table. And once they have that seat, they ruthlessly purge or force the submission of the other voices until they are running the show.
We are going down an incredibly dangerous path as a nation right now, and the brakes seems to be totally cut, No one will speak out for fear of being called a racists and “cancelled.” Even the poor bastages in Seattle who are suing the city for allowing them to be subjected to a month of mob rule are careful not to single out any of the “protesters” who have made their life a hell. They know what happens. The mob comes after them, the media calls them racists, and their life is over. It’s an invading army with no force standing in their way, at the moment.
Exactly, you both are calling it what is!
A perfect example of our so-called leaders’ inability (or refusal) to believe in unintended consequences.
Total joke. Do WHITES get a break from supporting all these bleeding heart causes. Oh, I am not white, as I designate other-since my heritage is Italian so I am a minority also. My color choice is olive.
Everyone seems to be calling their own shots these days.
We are entering reverse discrimination territory.
bruh….you’re white…
Definitely seems weird to loop Italian’s in as non white. Are only some Europeans white? Is it only Nordic people or something, and if so why do people of UK decent keep claiming to be white. Or maybe only Germanic people’s so no one of Celtic ancestry need to apply? Irish use to not be white we’re things less confused at that time? We could always grow up and stop using definitions from the German romantic period if it’s too confusing since there hasn’t been another human race since our ancestors killed off the denisovans and neadertals. I know it’s a struggle butost people should have access to at least a basic set of color swatches.
No Clyde . Sam is whatever color he identifies with .That is the law . It was passed many years ago . It’s legal on any application .
@ Sam Malone
Olive is a shade of green.
Creating another bureaucratic waste of resources at a time when CCC will probably be furloughing employees because of budget issues is great timing and planning for those supervisors pandering for votes. I vote NO…
Lets discuss the elephant in the room. That happens to be crime in the Black community. That happens to be fatherless children being raised by their grandmothers in the Black community. I could go on but with only this. There isn’t any racism coming from White people. There is no systemic racism. Systemic racism is paranoia coming from the Black community. The only people who can make their community well is Black people. White people can’t do a thing about it.
Sgree 100%. They need to change how they interact with society, until they change (aka reduce the crime they commit daily) , and stop resisting arrest. All these incidents they are resisting arrest and contact from law enforcement, if you abide by the laws you wouldnt have the problem.
@Ricardoh, Everything you said is right on, but this most particularly…
“The only people who can make their community well is Black people. White people can’t do a thing about it.”
If you don’t like it vote them out.
This should be fun to watch. I can see it now. The Office of Racial Justice and Social Equality (ORJSE) to declare “Racist Free” zones. Signs will be placed in racist hot spots indicating the penalties for racist behavior.
Laugh all you want, but this is very serious. Look up Brett Weinstien’s saga at Evergreen State university, compare that insanity to what is going on nation wide right now, and realize the goal is not reform, but overthrow of the constitutional order we have enjoyed for 250 years. Right now, the state assembly has passed the legislation required to repeal the 1996 equal rights law in California, which will make it legal for the state to start discriminating on the basis of race, gender, nationality, etc, again. What do you think “equity” means? It means forceably taking from one group, and giving to another, under the guise of racial equality. All group disparities are defacto evidence of racism, and state coercion is the remedy.
The Maoist revolution is well underway. The power they are taking WILL be used to punish hold-outs and wring-thinkers,
I’ll feel so much safer walking in East Oakland as a white person due those signs.
Equality needs to be instilled/promoted in children when they are little.
You can start/install bureaucracies, offices, clubs, groups and laws; it will not change a racist adult. It only will widen the gap and promote more racism.
agree!
I was born a White Male, but I now Identify as a black female lesbian. Will I be able to have a seat at the table?
Wake up people see what this is really about!
Get in line behind the all the plus-sized, black, transgendered female lesbians with one or more physical disabilities, having previously disclosed a metoo incident on social media.
Maybe. How much money do you have?
@ Confused Joe – No, sorry, you will not have a seat at the table or be allowed to voice a dissenting opinion. But remember, these people are all-inclusive as long as you agree with everything they say – so you might be able to use the non-racist, gender-neutral bathrooms.
Maybe if you hack off an arm as well.
Just checked, you can still buy “Billy bob, hillbilly redneck buck teeth” at amazon, at one time they were on the counters of 7/11 stores. You can’t buy afro lips or anything Aunt Jemima. Funny how that works.
I will miss Aunt Jemima’s face.It was a good memory. Won’t be eating those pancakes anymore.
What’s on the box now? a Transvestite?
@Barbara lol thanks for the laugh
Thanks Aunt Barbara, that gave me a good laugh!
I sense several new $300,000+ CC County salaries on the horizon.
““I do believe there will be a lot more community interest and participation in our budget process this year,” Gioia said.”
Yes Gioia, that’s because people are concerned that services that are vital to them (parks, open spaces, libraries, sheriff’s office, etc…) are going to get cut. No one is looking to add more over-paid, pompous, windbag bureaucrats.
We have laws and a constitution that ensure equality. Why are we trying to relive the 60s? Why are we allowing a Marxist revolution to take place? Why are our elected employees not working for the people but for outside SJW groups. Nobody wants this bull. Fix the roads. I expect more.
The Marxist revolution has arrived people
I urge everyone who has voted D to vote R in Nov
It is the only institution that is in opposition to Marxism at this time
Marxism is a hateful, anti-white ideology
The Media elites like Bloomberg and billionaires like Steyer and others work through their lackeys Obama and Newsom all the way down to local
Quite obviously you don’t have a foggiest idea about what Marx and Engels REALLY wrote about race and ethnicity. In reality they’ve made horrendous comments about black people, Arabs, Jews, Chinese – and also Slavs – describing them as inferior races incapable of progress and civilization.
Very much the views of an average white supremacist. Not even close to being “anti-white”. Oops.
There is no such thing as “new Cultural Marxism” either.
The wikipedia article you’re referring to defines “cultural marxism” as far-right antisemitic conspiracy theory. And makes it clear that “cultural marxism” is related to the culture and Marxism the same way guinea pigs are related to Guinea and pigs. I. e. not at all.
By the way, that tinfoil hat of yours is askew. And it doesn’t go with the “Exalted Cyclops” outfit.
The actions and words of the Marxists speak for themselves don’t they?
The Wikipedia entry is very poorly done and is a long and overly complicated description of what we are experiencing every day, isn’t it?
The ant-white slurs are a thinly disguised attempt to delegitimize opposing conservative views, so typical of Wikipedia and all the rest of the Marxist media
lol yep democrats love chaos they can pad the books with more programs and panels and committees and causes all at our expense ….
they have done this what 6 times over the 50 year reign of terror by the democrats here
best part everything has gotten worse and the voters still vote dem
nothing has gotten better and your still devoted to the corruption that breeds here
i guess when the welfare and unemployment run out because your elected officials have demeaned and pushed out all the hard working middle class
things will get better right ………oooh no i mean left
so sad to watch this state turn into a garbage pile in only 50 years
Tax payer money can be spent much better on other things that truly benefit the community! This is an ABSOLUTE NO and wont get my vote !!! We don’t need to pay tax money to people who will sit around talking about social and racial justice and furthermore pushing the lie of systemic racism in our community thus creating hatred and will only lead to making things worse. If you repeat something over and over you start to eventually believe it and that’s all this is… delusional thinking..
@theone…
What makes you think we will be able to vote against this?
Dems have a super-majority in our State government and will just ram it down our throats.
“Thank you sir. May I have another?”
Vote out ALL dems in November.
Who are these people ! Really look what they created, fake Hype and racism. this is making a bigger gap between races. and they get away with it. looks like the racial war will get bigger if this crap keeps up. people were pretty much fine the way things were going until this crap started. they are going about it the wrong way if they want change, let it be. it happens like nature, automatically. leave it alone. Frickin Idiots !
oh sorry so your going to defund police and give the money to the color community
so reparation’s are indeed happening
lets see how the Chinese community feel about that one
who do you think they vote for ……????
this should be a god show ….get some popcorn and anon and rob and watch the show …it should be a doozy
be safe out there …..wow
It’s our turn
Who’s turn for what?
Will some Liberal white people volunteer to go to prison, be killed in gun and gang violence, keep their children from receiving a good education and live in poverty… to remove this disparity? I’m thinking that there are a lot of virtue-signaling slacktivists out there who spew politically-correct garbage while living in their gated and well-policed enclaves.
We know that there are a lot of terrible schools in the Mt. Diablo School District, so why don’t we start by Defunding them?
@ Chuckie – Of course not – instead they will form our own little version of CHAZ: Concord Hypocrites-Anonymous Zone.
There was an interesting article in the Washington Post recently about the side effects of defunding the police in Vallejo. It doesn’t go well, for anyone. In fact, you can make a strong argument that more funding would lead to better outcomes for everyone. More time training on skills like deescalation and keeping a level head in dangerous situations, more time spent doing community policing.
Racism and Social Inequity is so built into the American culture that when someone brings up and proposes ways to deal with – some Americans literally feel that they are under attack because things might change.
Not true. First show the social inequality and racism. Last I checked everyone has the same opportunity in this country. We all have barriers due to socioeconomic circumstances. Some people work really hard to overcome, and some don’t. To claim inequality based on outcome is a dishonest argument from the gate. There is enough wealth to go around but nobody gets it without working for it.
No. You can legislate what people say in public but you can’t legislate what people think. You can’t make somebody like you.
Marxist revolutionary committees, you mean?
This is disgusting and an affront to American values.
And they wonder why so many people are leaving CA. I just keep thing what the heck .
I know of another billion dollar company leaving CA too. 90% of their staff are going with them and said thank god we were only staying because our job is here.
This is on top of Tesla leaving.
Isn’t it ironic that California has the best weather in the country and the worst politics……..
California is a great place to live, but we’ve been flooded by people from all over the world who want to bring the same battles they were fighting in their countries into our culture and continue the lifestyles they had at home here, rather than adapting to California culture. It’s making it a very uptight, competitive, and hateful liberal mecca for social justice warriors of every stripe. Something’s got to change, and I believe that would have to be the liberal political climate that is making the state unpleasant to live in. As I see it at the moment, it can only get worse.
Total B.S. We already have that, It’s called the courts, and the schools. I guess a couple of compaint boxes would work at various locations.
I don know but I still enjoy PONG.
How convenient.Now the Board can appoint Federal Glover to head up the new office when he loses the election in November.
So… is this part of reparations?
So does Ygnacio Vally High. Saw it today.
That is crazy. Schools should not be picking side and pushing their personal opinions on the children.
I as a teacher and mother try really hard to give the facts and let the children decide on what they think. As a teacher, it is my job to teach the children to think for themselves and have educated opinions. They do not have to be the same as mine . I am happy when I see my students advocating and thinking for themselves . When a student can give me a fluid response to why or why not I have done my job.
It is NOT okay that a public school is representing one side when it is paid for by all sides.
@Puffandstuff…. I say pull that marquee down and burn it!
Oh give me a friggin break…
Vote all the currents Supervisors out.
We need new and better representatives at the County level.
Terms, one and done.
Every Citizen should have a chance to serve their community.
No more professional politicians.
Cellophane, that is the single most important and simplest thing we can do as a taxpayer…”Terms one and done.” We have the power. We must stop re-electing incumbents.
I’m part of a minority and not even for a $1M/yr would work in that office!
The only thing on a Marquee should display is To Sir, With Love.
Nothing more and nothing less.
@ON DA….Ahhh, Lulu, brings back pubescent musings…. https://youtu.be/k8-M_wg8AI4
Well the marquee people will be thrilled to know that Bill Cosby has been granted an appeal to have his case heard by the Supreme Court.
This would be a great time to call them to complain
682-8000
Michael Jimenez seems to be the person to speak to
They have an anti-discrimination and anti-bullying statement on their website homepage
It seems to me that the banner is questionably both discriminatory and an attempt at bullying white students
It really is an outrage that needs to be dealt with by massive backlash