Many of us have wished for something that was either impossible to happen or extremely unlikely to occur, yet we were utterly convinced that our determination for its existence would surely manifest.

While this scenario is common at least once in our lives, what makes a situation like this even worse is when someone who knows the truth of its unlikeliness encourages us to remain optimistic about our delusion.

This is the dynamic in the state of California, where the CA Reparations Board have come to their conclusion for reparations to become a reality for select black California residents, but the man who formed this board, Governor Gavin Newsom, never had any intention of validating their wish.

The reparations task force submitted its final recommendations on how the state could approach repaying black people for slavery committed over a century ago. The task force’s recommendation price tag ultimately came to a total of $1.2 million per person in cash payments.