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In reply to the discussion: Are you in favor of reparations to African Americans? [View all]handmade34
(22,894 posts)12. some ideas... and there is much more out there
.Reparations would involve an official apology for centuries of slavery and discrimination, and spending money to reduce their effects.
Theres a wrong way to spend that money: trying to find the descendants of slaves and sending them a check. That would launch a politically ruinous argument over who qualifies for the money, and at the end of the day people might be left with a $1,000 check that would produce no lasting change.
Giving reparations money to neighborhoods is the way to go... ..
Theres a wrong way to spend that money: trying to find the descendants of slaves and sending them a check. That would launch a politically ruinous argument over who qualifies for the money, and at the end of the day people might be left with a $1,000 check that would produce no lasting change.
Giving reparations money to neighborhoods is the way to go... ..
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/united-states-reparations.html
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I would favor DIRECT payments to living grandchildren of slaves though very few would qualify
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2020
#4
"A male former slave born in 1860 could easily have fathered a son born in 1910"
Polybius
Jun 2020
#43
Getting rid of all systemic racism, inequality, etc,. may be the biggest gift of all. I sense
42bambi
Jun 2020
#25
So many in this country won't even acknowledge the humanity of African Americans.
LuvLoogie
Jun 2020
#16
Reparations would be not just for slavery, but for policies that lasted well into the 1990s
greenjar_01
Jun 2020
#19
Ending the property tax basis for funding schools would go a long way toward equalizing things. nt
MoonRiver
Jun 2020
#20
Another symbolism issue that's impossible to implement and an election loser.
brooklynite
Jun 2020
#29
Because many tribes had treaties and for others, they rarely called attention to it
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#61