Georgetown professor says whites should keep ‘individual reparations account’

The Washington Times ^ | January 10, 2017 | Jessica Chasmar

[2ndDivisionVet]

Georgetown University professor and author Michael Eric Dyson says white people should keep an “individual reparations account” to make donations to black groups and atone for America’s history of slavery and racism.

Mr. Dyson was discussing his forthcoming book, “Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America,” with New York Times Magazine when he touched on a subject in his book that talks about white people making reparations on the local and individual level.

The Times’ Ana Marie Cox said Mr. Dyson suggested donating to the United Negro College Fund or paying “the black person who cuts your grass double what you might ordinarily pay.”

“Look, if it doesn’t cost you anything, you’re not really engaging in change; you’re engaging in convenience,” Mr. Dyson said. “You’re engaged in the overflow. I’m asking you to do stuff you wouldn’t ordinarily do. I’m asking you to think more seriously and strategically about why you possess what you possess....

[2ndDivisionVet]

I might set aside a few bucks to send a lucky family back to Africa, but my Civil War ancestors and the trillions of dollars paid out since LBJ render the point moot.

[madison10]

This. Plus my 3rd GG helped with the Underground Railroad. My bill is paid.

[Red Badger]

I will pay full reparations to any slave that asks........

[roadcat]

I got jumped and beat up several times by black hoodlums. So my reparations account is paid up in the black. I think blacks should be paying into my accounts, and they’re also due for reparations of a different kind.

[Da Coyote]

I am beginning to think that this will not end well.

[DLfromthedesert]

I give $35 a month through World Vision to a Haitian child I’m sponsoring. Does that count?

[Obbiee]

I have never owned a slave nor wanted one, of any color. Black is not the only color of slavery. White people built this country, that is a fact. The black people who did come here are by far better off in this country than they would have been left at home. Is there no gratitude to whites for making this land so great then sharing it with those less fortunate? Maybe they should pay a thank you tax to Americas whites.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Perhaps he is right, but instead of ‘Whites’ let’s say ‘Democrats’

[Rebelrage]

Over 250000 northern white soldiers died to end slavery. It’s like they don’t get any respect for that from the chip on the shoulder reverse racists. Seems wrong somehow.

[Mears]

” “ pay the black person who cuts your grass double what you might ordinarily pay.”

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Huh?

I’ve never even seen a black person cutting grass.

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[TonyM]

And this idiot is actually paid to teach our children? I think we need to “drain the swamp” of the idiots in so called places of higher learning.

[mcshot]

Many get reparations monthly and only want more for nothing. The one who could have done something enriched the MB and golf course owners and we know sh!t about the queer dude and his sidekick.

[Inyo-Mono]

I had had three great-grandfathers that fought for the Union during the Civil War. Two were wounded and received a $5.00 a month pension from the U.S. Government (and in looking through their old documents, fought bitterly to get that). My family has paid their dues.

[T-Bone Texan]

By my math, I am actually owed $72,600 by the black people who have caused me harm throughout my life, and bitchez best pay up lest there be trouble.

See how easy that was to simply flip the script?

Trump taught me that.

[T-Bone Texan]

By my math, I am actually owed $72,600 by the black people who have caused me harm throughout my life, and bitchez best pay up lest there be trouble.

See how easy that was to simply flip the script?

Trump taught me that.

[Rurudyne]

I owe black people nothing just because they are here. Heck, I owe no person anything just because they are here.

[Gay State Conservative]

Neither I nor a *single* member of my family participated in *any* way.However,over the last 40+ years we've sent many,many,many,*many* thousands of dollars to DC and to our state capital...much of which wound up in the pockets of people who we've never harmed.And on that score I'll bet we have a lot in common with millions of other American families.

Translation....go bleep yourself,"Professor"!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We’ve been doing that for the past fifty years in the name of LBJ’s Great Society, the one where he said he’d have the n-words voting Democrat for the next 200 years.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

My ancestors were hunted and killed by Buffalo soldiers.

I am waiting for my reparations from the black community.

[Vehmgericht]

My family arrived in the U.S. long after slavery was abolished. I am in favor of reparations. I have worked hard all my life while a large number of descendents of slaves have been goofing off on my tax dollars. I think it is time for them to go to work and repay me.