Politics: Should African-Americans Receive Reparations For Slavery?

[LostCause]

The rest is all excuses.. Highest level of education, highest wages, lowest crime rate, most successful socio-economic group in the US even ahead of whites..

"Bla bla bla.. slavery, systemic racism, white supremacy"

Key Concepts: victim mentality, waiting for the White Man for handouts

The idea of slavery reparations means it's not a hand out, rather repaying of a debt

Have you considered the fact that the sheer opportunity to live in a country like America in 2019, where there are already myriad programs and grants and civil rights in place, is a massive benefit to today’s blacks as a result of their ancestors’ sacrifice? Whereas in Africa they're climbing over each other for a chance for the limited few visas that will provide access to this country.

Why would that matter though? African Americans who descended from slaves were born here. They're as American as you are. So the "opportunity" to live in America, for an American-born citizen, is a birthright.

[Phong]

The idea of slavery reparations means it's not a hand out, rather repaying of a debt.

There are no slaves still living today and no slave owners still living today. So how are you going to calculate how much debt is owed and who owes it? Is it going to be all non-black tax payers paying all those who have some black ancestry?

[Phong]

Related Reading -- What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019

Key Concepts -- Reparations, financial restitution, slavery, discrimination

Marianne Williamson's plan

So basically, you just have no clue but regurgitate whatever you can Google even though it doesn't answer what was asked of you.

[NBAGOAT]

impossible imo to do practically. People shouldnt be complaining about freaking affirmative action at least however. sustain a better public education system. Possibly make public universities/trade schools free for students from low income situations. Yea it kind of sucks if you already paid for college, suck it up

[tpols]

what so they could blow it all on 40s, black n milds, n strip clubs?

Theyd be back in the same position in no time because there's no investment mindset.

[LostCause]

There are no slaves still living today and no slave owners still living today. So how are you going to calculate how much debt is owed and who owes it? Is it going to be all non-black tax payers paying all those who have some black ancestry?

I don't know these details, but I'm pretty sure that's what the discussion is about and what those who support it intend to investigate

There's already been many places offering some form of reparations already. Here's Evanston, IL:
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191207...x-on-marijuana

Then you also have institutions like GeorgeTown University:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/geor...ry?id=66642286

There are many others but just using those as examples. Both of those are also only starters, so I'd imagine things will get much more comprehensive. So I don't think it's impossible for something like this to happen and I'm not against the idea personally

what so they could blow it all on 40s, black n milds, n strip clubs?

Theyd be back in the same position in no time because there's no investment mindset.

This is an incredibly dumb take

[qrich]

How the hell would you implement it? Would the descendents of black slave owners also get reparations? How about those who immigrated here post slavery?

And where does he money come from? Why do those who had nothing to do with it have to pay into taxes for it?

Not expecting any answers of course.

[Phong]

There's already been many places offering some form of reparations already. Here's Evanston, IL:
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191207...x-on-marijuana

That city plans on giving money to all blacks, regardless of any slavery ties or not. They want to reward blacks who broke drug laws by taxing the legal-cannabis industry but won't reward non-blacks who broke the same laws.

"Free money cause you're black!"

Then you also have institutions like GeorgeTown University:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/geor...ry?id=66642286

It's a private institution so if they want to give charity to some black people, that's their choice; just don't force people who had nothing to do with slavery to pay.

[egokiller]

Again, how can anything be given when the people that owe it (families of slave owners) are a vast minority that don

[CelticBaller]

How the hell would you implement it? Would the descendents of black slave owners also get reparations? How about those who immigrated here post slavery?

And where does he money come from? Why do those who had nothing to do with it have to pay into taxes for it?

Not expecting any answers of course.

DNA testing lol, threshold of white genes

Can

[CelticBaller]

The idea of slavery reparations means it's not a hand out, rather repaying of a debt



Why would that matter though? African Americans who descended from slaves were born here. They're as American as you are. So the "opportunity" to live in America, for an American-born citizen, is a birthright.

Reparations is not a birthright, is repaying a debt to the people who don

[iamgine]

Should African-Americans Receive Reparations For Slavery back then? Yes.

Should African-Americans Receive Reparations For Slavery today? Heck no.

Any self respecting African American living today should be highly offended by the very idea that they should receive reparations and teach their kids to be offended anytime anyone bring this up. This sh!t should be just below calling them the n word.

[qrich]

[QUOTE=CelticBaller]DNA testing lol, threshold of white genes

Can

[Patrick Chewing]

Anyone who says yes is an idiot. Probably still lives at home too.

[LAmbruh]

Absolutely


It shouldn't be paid out of everyones taxes though like Asians and Native Americans.


Just increase white americans income tax for that year and pay them with the overages


and double if they live in the south, triple if they live in rural redneck districts