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Reparations for what?
Everyone that participated is dead.
If any one pays, it should be all registered Democrats. The party of Slavery, Jim Crow, endearment camps, and the KKK
Reparations for what?
Everyone that participated is dead.
If any one pays, it should be all registered Democrats. The party of Slavery, Jim Crow, endearment camps, and the KKK
Seems fair to me. If it is so important to them, pull out your own checkbook.
Why all the talk about reparations from Democrats NOW, for the 2020 election? Carter didn't promise it....Bill Clinton didn't promise it.....Obama didn't promise it.....even Hillary Clinton didn't promise it.
The current crop of Dems are using this as an issue to buy black votes (specifically, to get more blacks to vote in the first place) while exacerbating racial division and driving more hostility against whitey.
I'm not sure about that. David Brooks did an interesting piece last week about the article that started all this. He was advocating for a conversation, a real one, regarding slavery, Jim Crow, etc.
I just discovered that until 1934 Cadillac would not sell to blacks. GM was going to discontinue that line of cars due to the depression. An employee told management that blacks paid whites $400 to purchase a Cadillac for them. If GM would sell to blacks they could get the $400. It worked. I suspect that many stories like that are out there.
Reparations does not necessarily mean green folding dollars. Some advocate for adequate educational opportunities for those who want it.
David Brooks suggested reparations could mean that our culture recognize the stories of all of us. Not so far off from the anti semitism that is not acknowledged by some while simultaneously hurting others so deeply.
I'm not sure about that. David Brooks did an interesting piece last week about the article that started all this. He was advocating for a conversation, a real one, regarding slavery, Jim Crow, etc.
I just discovered that until 1934 Cadillac would not sell to blacks. GM was going to discontinue that line of cars due to the depression. An employee told management that blacks paid whites $400 to purchase a Cadillac for them. If GM would sell to blacks they could get the $400. It worked. I suspect that many stories like that are out there.
Reparations does not necessarily mean green folding dollars. Some advocate for adequate educational opportunities for those who want it.
David Brooks suggested reparations could mean that our culture recognize the stories of all of us. Not so far off from the anti semitism that is not acknowledged by some while simultaneously hurting others so deeply.
David Brooks is a "never Trumper" RINO/neocon/liberal who masquerades as a "conservative".
Honestly, between him and Kristol and Boot, I don't know who is more grotesque.
If one of these candidates are elected, I'm not sure that it will happen during their first election cycle. The ones who are considering it don't even know how it would be implemented yet.
David Brooks is a "never Trumper" RINO/neocon/liberal who masquerades as a "conservative".
Honestly, between him and Kristol and Boot, I don't know who is more grotesque.
He may be a fool, idiot, traitor or *****. That does not mean every word he utters is always wrong. At least it is something to think about. Makes me want to read up on Ta-Nehisi what's his name. And I will. That's where all this got reinvigorated.
He may be a fool, idiot, traitor or *****. That does not mean every word he utters is always wrong. At least it is something to think about. Makes me want to read up on Ta-Nehisi what's his name. And I will. That's where all this got reinvigorated.
Anyone suggesting we should humor anything related to "reparations" is a cockamamie nutjob. David Brooks has shown his true colors many times before...this is just more par for the course.
Anyone suggesting we should humor anything related to "reparations" is a cockamamie nutjob. David Brooks has shown his true colors many times before...this is just more par for the course.
We gave 2 billion dollars to the survivors and children of Japanese interment camps. I dont think it would be all that much of a stretch to do it to people of color weather it be in tax breaks or an actual check.
theoretically, you could give every black person in america a 1,000 tax break for 20 years.
Thats 42 billion a year, but its 42 billion in less tax revenue, not a check sent to people.
Will there likewise be reparations paid to people whose ancestors fought in the Union Army to end African-American slavery and were killed or maimed doing so?
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