Politics: Should African-Americans Receive Reparations For Slavery?

[CelticBaller]

[QUOTE=LostCause]Never said reparations were a birthright. I said the opportunity to live in the US was a birthright for a US born citizen

Also, tons of times things have been repaid to the descendants of people long since dead. We paid families of holocaust victims millions even though they

[sammichoffate]

No, absolutely not.

Should the government invest into their communities by helping to build up businesses, helping with owning housing at some point, and providing job training in marketable industries like trades?

Yes, that's how you become self-sufficient and get rid of this shitty victim mentality.

[CelticBaller]

No, absolutely not.

Should the government invest into their communities by helping to build up businesses, helping with owning housing at some point, and providing job training in marketable industries like trades?

Yes, that's how you become self-sufficient and get rid of this shitty victim mentality.

Government already does

Look it up, the cities and states with most public funding are the worst ones in terms of crime

Just as Democrats want

[sammichoffate]

Government already does

Look it up, the cities and states with most public funding are the worst ones in terms of crime

Just as Democrats want

Red states receive the most public funding from the federal budget.

[highwhey]

It's not even a question bc it's not debatable. The government owes black people money. Also native Americans and Mexicans. They owe us billions.

Make the check out to Big Dick Energy LLC.

[RRR3]

Red states receive the most public funding from the federal budget.

Get his ass.

[Hawker]

That's just stupid.

No, reparations are stupid.

So if workers all became slaves right now, the economy would be more productive?

You want the answer to be yes so bad so it can fit your narrative but it

[CelticBaller]

Get his ass.

Oh maybe you should do some research on you own

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usa...m/amp/39202299

2 blue states in the top 3, 5 more down the line in the top 10

[sammichoffate]

Oh maybe you should do some research on you own

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usa...m/amp/39202299

2 blue states in the top 3, 5 more down the line in the top 10

1. Mississippi-Red
2. Louisiana-Red
3. New Mexico-Blue
4. Arizona-Split
5. Kentucky-Red
6. Montana-Split
7. Tennessee-Red
8. Wyoming-Red
9. Alaska-Red
10. Missouri-Red

[qrich]

Calling AZ split is funny

[rufuspaul]

1. Mississippi-Red
2. Louisiana-Red
3. New Mexico-Blue
4. Arizona-Split
5. Kentucky-Red
6. Montana-Split
7. Tennessee-Red
8. Wyoming-Red
9. Alaska-Red
10. Missouri-Red

All those red states have large black populations. They're already getting federal money. The feds should just change the name from assistance to reparations.

[CelticBaller]

1. Mississippi-Red
2. Louisiana-Red
3. New Mexico-Blue
4. Arizona-Split
5. Kentucky-Red
6. Montana-Split
7. Tennessee-Red
8. Wyoming-Red
9. Alaska-Red
10. Missouri-Red

Using outdated sources is funny

[sammichoffate]

Using outdated sources is funny

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-mos...vernment/2700/

1 New Mexico
2 Mississippi
3 Kentucky
4 West Virginia
5 Alabama
6 Arizona
7 Alaska
8 Montana
9 South Carolina
10 Indiana

Still majority Red

[Rolando]

[QUOTE=Hawker]No, reparations are stupid.

So if workers all became slaves right now, the economy would be more productive?

You want the answer to be yes so bad so it can fit your narrative but it

[Nanners]

Ok....let's suppose that we had slavery today or something really similar, like machines that only need energy (food) but otherwise just produce without getting an income...Like robots and robotics.

You are telling me that all these companies using robots are actually wrong and that for them to prosper, they should go back to hiring people who need to be paid a salary to do the same work.

Slave labor was a key factor in making America the powerful country it is today. That's a fact. Go outside now and thank your nearest african american decendant of slaves.

We still have slave labor today... traditional Slavery is alive and well in countries like Libya and Iraq, and here in the US our system of prison labor is basically pseudo slavery. If you have the misfortune of being an inmate in a state like California, you will more or less be forced to do dangerous and backbreaking work fighting forest fires for ~$1/day