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Other cities in North Carolina will follow quickly after this....Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham and Winston-Salem. They are much larger than Asheville and have bigger black populations.
But why not do something for the black communities? Its the least this country can do after its horrific treatment of blacks over the past 400 years (much longer than Germany's treatment of Jews and America's treatment of Japanese people.) The Native Americans have their reservations and can even legally build Casinos on those reservations in states that dont allow casinos and I believe Japanese people got reparations after World War 2 if I'm not mistaken. But its not just about slavery. Black alive people today have lived through the Jim Crow era and today's generation is being targeted by law enforcement. So this is not a situation where injustice only happened to slaves in the 1700s to 1800s.
Please stop. They are fortunate they are in America, where every one of their long lost brothers in Africa would give anything to be.
A great many of them have terrorized every urban area in America...they commit 70%of all violent crime in this country.
I am sorry, but as noted above, they have access to reparations - It's called welfare.
Not federal income taxes, they don’t. And we need to require a minimum of all workers, perhaps $100 a year, in order to vote in federal elections. People who do not suffer the consequences of expensive liberal policies should not get a say in how the Govt spends other people’s money.
No, but I do not see how Asheville is any different than any other place in the USA. I was actually planning a trip to visit North Carolina for a potential relocation there, but after seeing this article, no thanks. I've got enough inept leadership here in New York City.
These reparations are the beginning of big trouble.
Bahahahahahahaha!
The last thing NC needs or wants is yet another New Yawker. Stay put. All you'll do is complain about how you can't get good pizza or a decent bagel, anyway.
These 'investments' will be tax dollars of course......so essentially they will tax person A to give money to person B. The very people that plead for fairness couldn't spell fair to save their lives.
And no, there is no reasonable approach to stupidity......
It is done every day in every state in the USA. Learn about Economic Development offices, about MEP's, about our community college system, etc.
Are you against economic development? Like any business, sometimes you have to invest to make money.
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