Who is Faizon Love? Actor slams $223K reparation for Black people saying it will just go to 'CADILLAC'
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: Actor Faizon Love, 54, lashed out at the notion that Black people in California will be given $223,000 in reparations. He reportedly claimed that this money would be only used for purchasing high-ended luxury cars.
According to Daily Mail, he said, "F*** that. That's another trick man because that money's gonna go right back to Cadillac and right back to Mercedes Benz." His opinion comes in after Governor Gavin Newsom urged the federal government to pay every African American in the country at least $223,000 for "housing discrimination" - while continuing to probe other areas for compensation.
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Love also offered an alternative to monetary reparations. He suggested that Black people should be tax-exempt for life. The 54-year-old actor claimed they were treated as slaves during the Civil War. He also discussed how the US government initiated the federal income tax during Civil War for Black people to meet the war requirements. However, according to Daily Mail, Chair of California Reparations Committee Kamilah V Moore said in an interview on Tuesday, December 13, that the $223,000 figure being reported does not only apply to Black people but also to any person who faced housing discrimination between 1933 and 1972.
Who is Faizon Love?
Faizon Love is a famous Cuban actor and well-known comedian. His full name is Langston Faizon Santisima. Wanda from 'Elf', Big Worm from 'Friday', Sean "Sweet" Johnson from 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas', Jahmal Abdul Jackson from 'The Replacements', Bruce the Bear from 'Zookeeper', Robin Harris from 'Bébé's Kids' and Maurice from 'The Meteor Man' are some of his major characters. Love graduated from Morse High School in Southeast San Diego. He started his career as a comedian at the age of 15. He began his acting career with the movie 'Bebe's Kids'.
He played Stringer Bell in a satirical trailer for 'The Wire: The Musical' in 2012, reported IMDB. Meanwhile, the 54-year-old was encouraged by an English teacher, who invited the young man to perform before the class at the end of the day if his studies were in order, reported Rotten Tomatoes.
Love also posted a series of controversial tweets in favor of Bill Cosby. He detailed his tweets defending Cosby with racial slurs. On March 7, 2017, Love was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor assault in Columbus, Ohio. An altercation with a valet had occurred at John Glenn Columbus International Airport. However, he received a $500 fine and a 180-day suspended jail sentence.