Should Obama implement reparations for African Americans? (middle east, Canada, Australia)
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No he shouldn't. For 1 there are no living slave masters, and no living slaves remaining.
For another many US citizens today had no relatives who owned slaves. More than that many had relatives who fought to free the slaves and died in the fight. Do we also make them pay as well?
As our first African American president, should Barack Obama implement reparations, for African Americans? African Americans are still disproportionately poor, unemployed, targeted and profiled by law enforcement, and face many other injustices, based on their race. So, is it high time, that Obama get serious about reparations for African Americans now?
As our first African American president, should Barack Obama implement reparations, for African Americans? African Americans are still disproportionately poor, unemployed, targeted and profiled by law enforcement, and face many other injustices, based on their race. So, is it high time, that Obama get serious about reparations for African Americans now?
no!!!! even warren ballentine said that its not possible to do so or europeans across the board would have to give reps too
native americans received them but thats another story
No he shouldn't. For 1 there are no living slave masters, and no living slaves remaining. For another many US citizens today had no relatives who owned slaves. More than that many had relatives who fought to free the slaves and died in the fight. Do we also make them pay as well?
yes.... because we as a country like to lump others with their past; but enough wwith slavery what about damages that happened after slavery
also there are institutions and corporations who benefitted from slavery which are still standing today and the white house is one of them
yes.... because we as a country like to lump others with their past; but enough wwith slavery what about damages that happened after slavery
also there are institutions and corporations who benefited from slavery which are still standing today and the white house is one of them
I agree xcept it is not the Presidents responsibility. He is the president of all Americans and to take a race agenda would be wrong.
This issue is beyond the President. Not because its not a worthy cause but because he has to be the president for all the people no matter what race.
I disagree with President Obama on allot but this issue he has handled exactly right. He sat and spoke with people that had this issue as an agenda and while I was not in the room I think he told them keep it legal and keep it active but its a issue that a A president for all the people can't address.
Something we all should realize is that just because something is not in the news dose not mean that it was ignored.
So you're a puritan of the Homosapien race (which is a mix of another "set" of species)?
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