ALL Democratic presidential candidates should support reparations.

[Ken Burch]

For slavery, and, if we can't get that right away, for redlining to start with.

It shouldn't JUST be an issue regarding Bernie.

As far as I know, HRC and Mo'M haven't supported reparations either(if someone posts evidence to the contrary, I'll self-delete this thread as soon as I see it).

[JRLeft]

1. Reparations will never happen.

[Ken Burch]

2. We should expect all Democrats and progressives to support them, though.

It's something to work for, and a wound we need to try to heal.

[JRLeft]

3. I'm a black man telling you it won't happen, because white people will never go for it.

Reparations is the quickest way to ensure a republican victory.

[Ken Burch]

4. Why do you think Ta-Naheesi Coates singled out Bernie on this, then?

I admire that author, but his raising this solely towards one candidate made no sense to me. What was your take on that?

[JRLeft]

5. Maybe he supports Hillary or maybe he believes Bernie

is the most likely candidate to implement it? I don't know.

[Ken Burch]

7. OK. Thanks for your response.

Good evening.

[Fumesucker]

6. You aren't telling them anything they don't already know

[loyalsister]

9. Reparations for mass incarceration...

I got to hear a guy talking about that at a symposium. Mass incarceration is happening now, so the hope is that white people will respond to that more positively.

The agenda is divest $ from prisons and invest in communities, education, and families by promoting inclusion of people who have been incarcerated under a system that intentionally takes advantage of that 13th Amendment exception.

I would like to know what Hillary's stance is on moving to create a national policy that would ensure that the right to vote is restored for all felons.

I would like to see more support for reparations. Chicago passed a reparations ordinance, but I am not sure how close it comes to what advocates have in mind for repartions nationally.

The ordinance will provide a formal apology from the city; specialized counseling services to survivors and their families at a dedicated center on the South Side; free enrollment or job training in City Colleges; a requirement that the Burge torture cases and police brutality be taught as part of Chicago public schools history curriculum; and a permanent public memorial to torture survivors. The ordinance will also create a $5.5 million dollar fund, meant to ensure that living survivors of Burge torture will receive some measure of the financial compensation they deserve.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/chicago-city-council-passes-landmark-police-torture-reparations-ordinance

I like the inclusion of monuments. We should also honor the slaves with national monuments and acknowledge the US collective sins that allowed slavery and continue to facilitate persistent systemic racism.

Germany did it, why not us?

Probably because the US still makes an exception to the abolition of slavery.

[Ken Burch]

10. That's workable too. n/t.

[loyalsister]

11. I dislike the accussatory tone toward Bernie

But, I think it's good that the conversation has been opened. We need to talk about it. I think that there is not a lot of understanding of what advocates are seeking.

I am pleased to be learning more about it now. DUers are great teachers!