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handmade34

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12. some ideas... and there is much more out there
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:20 AM
Jun 2020
….Reparations would involve an official apology for centuries of slavery and discrimination, and spending money to reduce their effects.
There’s 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





If we can give billionaires huge tax cuts, we should be able to do something secondwind Jun 2020 #1
NO... and not because I don't think it is owed. Zoonart Jun 2020 #2
Just because you don't see... UncleTomsEvilBrother Jun 2020 #6
Free college anywhere? Lower interest rate home & business loans, uponit7771 Jun 2020 #7
Yes on these ideas.... Zoonart Jun 2020 #10
some ideas... and there is much more out there handmade34 Jun 2020 #12
The first step would be a study to determine that. nt gollygee Jun 2020 #17
Definitely a "no-brainer" Cartaphelius Jun 2020 #3
I would favor DIRECT payments to living grandchildren of slaves though very few would qualify Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #4
They'd pretty much have to be old as Dracula to qualify. Nt raccoon Jun 2020 #21
Not necessarily. Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #40
"A male former slave born in 1860 could easily have fathered a son born in 1910" Polybius Jun 2020 #43
Exactly. Someone born into slavery was a slave, even if only briefly n/t Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #54
President John Tyler sarisataka Jun 2020 #53
I am for expanding affirmative action programs still_one Jun 2020 #5
Fortunes were Made Off Their Backs McKim Jun 2020 #8
I actually had an idea for this years ago. Arthur_Frain Jun 2020 #9
Yes but not entirely monetary. tavernier Jun 2020 #11
Tax Free Long Term Business Loans ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #35
Sounds good. tavernier Jun 2020 #37
Yes, and also to women obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #13
African Americans have had generational wealth stolen and kept from them gollygee Jun 2020 #18
Like Senator Sanders, I would like details about how reparations would be Blue_true Jun 2020 #14
Getting rid of all systemic racism, inequality, etc,. may be the biggest gift of all. I sense 42bambi Jun 2020 #25
I am heartened by the recent trend of making racists pay economically. Blue_true Jun 2020 #27
Here are some interesting graphs from 1860: kentuck Jun 2020 #56
One reason why southern Whites didn't want free slaves is Blue_true Jun 2020 #57
It is and has been our obligation to live up to the promise yellerpup Jun 2020 #15
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
It is a complicated subject that comes with no simple answers Chainfire Jun 2020 #22
Yes, in the form of grants to underprivileged areas. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2020 #23
How about leave us alone and stop killing us. Afromania Jun 2020 #24
In general, no... Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #26
Atonement must occur or we'll never heal Ponietz Jun 2020 #28
Another symbolism issue that's impossible to implement and an election loser. brooklynite Jun 2020 #29
I wonder what will happen customerserviceguy Jun 2020 #39
The Platform will be decided by Joe Biden with input from Bernie Sanders brooklynite Jun 2020 #46
Agreed customerserviceguy Jun 2020 #59
Reparations - definitely not... brooklynite Jun 2020 #60
Symbols drive humanity Ponietz Jun 2020 #55
Yes - nt Ohio Joe Jun 2020 #30
Yes but what would reparations look like? In It to Win It Jun 2020 #31
Yes mvd Jun 2020 #32
Depends on how it's done, but generally yes. Drahthaardogs Jun 2020 #33
Structurally, communitywide, to build wealth and capacity in black mahina Jun 2020 #34
Why do we never hear about reparations for native Americans? nt Tipperary Jun 2020 #36
Because many tribes had treaties and for others, they rarely called attention to it BumRushDaShow Jun 2020 #61
I don't know....but FirstLight Jun 2020 #38
What if white Americans paid reparations from their own personal funds? BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #41
We would have mass defects to the Republican party Polybius Jun 2020 #42
Not out of their taxes BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #44
That's even worse Polybius Jun 2020 #45
That's his point gollygee Jun 2020 #51
The point of reparations gollygee Jun 2020 #47
So you're not willing to make any actual real sacrifices then. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #48
You're deflecting because you're opposed to them. nt gollygee Jun 2020 #50
How much should each white person pay? sarisataka Jun 2020 #49
Great questions BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #52
No, because there's no fair way of doing it Calculating Jun 2020 #58
Yes, even though there's no way of doing it that would satisfy everybody. planetc Jun 2020 #62
Probably unconstitutional treestar Jun 2020 #63
The Civil War was reparations. geralmar Jun 2020 #64
We would need to consider who qualifies whistler162 Jun 2020 #65
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