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Some State Sterilization Survivors Will Be Eligible For Reparations, But Who Gets Them And How Will They Be Found?
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Jul 8, 2021
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Some State Sterilization Survivors Will Be Eligible For Reparations, But Who Gets Them And How Will They Be Found?

Today on AirTalk, we discuss California's plan to give reparations to those who were forcibly sterilized decades ago. Also on the show, we answer your COVID-19 questions, breakdown a report that showed a large majority of American metro areas are more segregated now than they were in 1990, and more.

Photo of Patton State Hospital, the hospital made up nearly half of that total at 4,585 patient sterilizations.
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Today on AirTalk, we discuss California's plan to give reparations to those who were forcibly sterilized decades ago. Also on the show, we answer your COVID-19 questions, breakdown a report that showed a large majority of American metro areas are more segregated now than they were in 1990, and more.

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Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
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