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In reply to the discussion: Should we pay Reparations for Slavery? [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)He was black on the 1970 census.
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In my case - a five percent deduction would transfer that wealth to NJ. My sister - the same. My brother - NY.
Our dad was a tail end Great Migrationer. He literally couldn't vote in the 1964 election in Alabama while home on leave with a purple heart at 23. It was still dangerous to vote and his father forbid his *Hero* from going to the polls with the rest of the guys in the family. His mother voted for the first time in 1968 at almost 70 years of age.
It's fair since they took all of our property tax money and federal money and gave it to racists - so let the descendants keep a little more for the Red Line era.
You pay nothing - I get 5% for 36 years. Sunsets when I'm in my 80's or die.
It's fair.