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In reply to the discussion: here is a question regarding my "white privilege", [View all]brush
(53,764 posts)to repay the centuries of government-sanctioned, dawn-to-dusk, unpaid labor by enslaved people that helped to build this country's.
It's a dept owed and should be rectified any business or any country can get rich if they don't have to pay labor cost, which are usually 50% of overhead. I repeat, it's a debt owed.
And BTW, we're not talking about checks being cut to individuals but for scholarship funds, small business grants, computer literacy classes for older folks those kinds of positive things that will help the African American community which didn't not benefit from centuries of wages that may have enabled ancestors to pass some down in the form on an inheritance, whether it be just a few hundred dollars to newlyweds to establish a household or maybe even a house, or valuable possesions.
This, IMO, goes a long way towards explaining the household wealth gap between black and white households.
And remember, if we just cut the Defense Department budget by one percent what I described can get done and it won't becoming out of anyone's pocket.
You can help by passing on this idea of "centuries of unpaid labor". Most people can get their head around that because everyone understands working hard and not getting paid.