Posted on 08/02/2016 2:14:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Natasha Marin is a Seattle artist who noticed a divide on her Facebook feed: her black friends were angry and frustrated about police shootings of black men, and her white friends were saying they wanted to help, but didnt know what to do.
There is a discrepancy in the lives of people of color and white-identified people in the United States, Marin said.
Marin put together the Reparations site and accompanying Facebook event. It was a place where people of color could post needs and white people could help meet those needs.
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I feel like a lot of my white-identified friends and allies would like something specific to do so that they can feel less mired in guilt and stagnation, watching videos of brutality against people of color, angry articles, posts, she said.
Almost immediately, offers and requests started pouring in. Many of the requests are serious, tangible needs: money for groceries, a place to live, tuition assistance, car repairs. People responded with donations or posted something else they could provide: resume editing, dogsitting, rides around town.
Leveraging your privilege doesn't necessarily have to cost you financially, Marin said. Will you listen to me yell and scream for an hour and just vent my anger in a way thats safe? Can you teach me how to sculpt or bead? Can you mentor me? If you're an executive at a company and somebodys looking for a job, youre a referral your name drop could make a difference in that person's life.
Of course, like many online activities, particularly concerning race, trolls emerged. Marin and her network created a way to deal with them: the Troll Slaying Brigade. The Brigade donates a dollar to someone who has made a request on the site for every negative comment received.
So now the trolls are on our side and the trolls have actually raised more money than had been raised prior, Marin said.
The project name, Reparations, may evoke some divisive reactions, but Marin said the word does not have to be about a specific historical event.
It's really about making something that's broken, fixed. And being generous is a great way to fix that feeling in your spirit.
For the most part I think that we all want the same things: We want to be seen, we want to be remembered well and we want to add value to humanity. We want to make an impact in some positive way, and this is a really doable way to do that.
Just sit and think right now to yourself, What is it that I could offer a stranger? How could I add value to somebodys life?
As I will never submit to muslims, I will never submit to black racism either. Quite a bit of overlap in the two nowadays.
I know I shouldn't think this is hilarious, given what it indicates, but it just makes me want to laugh.
This one needs a “Martin Luther King Projectile Vomit Alert”.
If I “identify” as black, do I get reparations too?
I think it is time to stop reparations, they have had enough and it has enslaved and destroyed them as a community.
White identified? WTF is that?
Also, white IS a color.
You would think the death rate of blacks by whites was as much as the death rate in Chicago by blacks on black killings huh?
There is a discrepancy in the lives of people of color and white-identified people in the United States, Marin said.
Who’s fault is that Natasha? Seems to me black Americans won life’s lottery just by being born here and decided to throw away their winning ticket by doing exactly what you are doing - whine, b!tch, and complain about how tough life is instead of working hard.
If your brain worked half as hard as your mouth did, you wouldn’t have the problems you decide to heap on yourselves.
I earned my “privilege” by studying hard, working hard, knowing how to communicate tactfully, and not be a burden on others.
I think we could start a fundraiser for those asking for “reparations” — we’ll pay for their airfare back to Africa, since they don’t like it here.
Reparations is code for Gimmefreesh1t cuz BLM.
It’s dumb, but it’s privately-funded dumb ...
I have never understood why anyone would feel like they owed reparations to blacks who would have simply been killed had their lives not held value as a slave to another.
Make no mistake, any that wished death instead of slavery got it.
Translaves - born free, self-identify as slaves.
I have good news for those who support the idea of reparations : Theyve already been paid. Theyve been paid in the form of Affirmative Action. Theyve been paid in the form of government contract set-asides for minority owned businesses, minority scholarship programs, and grants to organizations like the Urban League and historically black colleges. Reparations have been paid, and theyve been paid many times over.
What the heck is a white identified individual? That’s just stooopid.
If they want to call me melanin deficient fine.
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