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11 US Mayors Say They are Committed to Paying Reparations for Slavery
VOA News ^ | June 19, 2021 | VOA News

Posted on 06/19/2021 1:32:43 AM PDT by Robwin

Eleven U.S. mayors said Friday they are committed to paying reparations for slavery but gave few details on how they would accomplish the task.

The group, led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, announced a coalition to pursue reparations, Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity (MORE).

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The other mayors involved in the coalition are from St. Louis, Missouri; Tullahassee, Oklahoma; Providence, Rhode Island; Austin, Texas; Durham, North Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri, Sacramento, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota


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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: reparations; uscities
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Happy Juneteenth
1 posted on 06/19/2021 1:32:43 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: Robwin

https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/database#tables
Here you can see
The slave ship’s Voyage ID Number
Vessel name
Place where voyage began
Principal place of purchase
Principal place of slave landing
The year of arrival
Number of slaves
The captain’s name

Here is where slaves landed and the number of slaves
Europe 9,269
North America 365,713
Caribbean 5,090,306
Spanish Mainland Americas 658,015
Brazil 3,519,909
Africa 168,727
Other 203,397
Total 10,015,336

This is the number of people that immigrated to the U.S. by year.
https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people-society/immigration/immigration-and-immigration-enforcement/immigrants/
2007 38 million
2008 38 million
2009 39.5 million
2010 40 million
2011 40.4 million
2012 40.8 million
2013 41.3 million
2014 42.4 million
2015 43.3 million
2016 43.7 million
2017 44.5 million
2018 44.7 million
2019 44.9 million or 200,000 more than 2018


2 posted on 06/19/2021 1:39:44 AM PDT by Haddit
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To: Robwin

Well these a-hole mayors can sod off and open their personal checkbooks to pay for this lunacy.


3 posted on 06/19/2021 1:41:55 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: Robwin
Actually, after hearing what it is all about, I don't object to June 19 holiday.

However, if you live in one of the cities mentioned, get out. I don't care what color your skin is, sell what you have and move, you are ruled by idiots.

4 posted on 06/19/2021 2:00:40 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam---At war with Western Civilization for 1400 years)
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To: Robwin

out of their own personal funds, FINE!
otherwise they can GTH!


5 posted on 06/19/2021 2:03:04 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not created, they're excreted." Cicero 2000 years ago)
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To: Haddit

11 mayors are committed to buying black votes.


6 posted on 06/19/2021 2:27:40 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Robwin

This is not about slavery in the past folks. It is about enslaving you and I in the present and the future.

We must not allow the leftist democrat party to get hold of power else they will enslave us.

See my tagline.


7 posted on 06/19/2021 2:29:51 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Robwin

If they are committed to this they should set the standard and give 10% of their gross pay to some black people every year. Other than that shut up and leave the rest of us alone


8 posted on 06/19/2021 2:35:34 AM PDT by Fzob
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To: riverrunner
...committed to buying black votes.

Maybe. What if the amount isn't good enough? I've got a feeling that it won't be. Getting the worms back in that can will be a bit tough.

9 posted on 06/19/2021 2:56:45 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Fzob

Who says 10-percent is the target?

If I were looking at this scheme, I’d let the mayor know that I need $25,000 a year, for the rest of my life. If I were on the inside angle of this gimmick...offering me a lousy one-time $3,000 check won’t cut it.

All of this, if you think about it....leads back to the tax revenue strategy and how the general public needs to step in and just say in a blunt voice....you need only x-amount of money (probably 60-percent of what you collect currently) and to cut about one-third of your total services in the community.


10 posted on 06/19/2021 3:01:09 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Former Proud Canadian

To whom are these reparations to be paid, and what shall be the source of funds?

It is like the business model proposed by the underpants gnomes in the “South Park” series - collect underpants, ?, take profit. There is a very questionable step right in the middle of that plan.

This has not been well thought out.


11 posted on 06/19/2021 3:05:37 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Cows don't give milk. You have to work for it.)
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To: Robwin

Caving in to extortion.


12 posted on 06/19/2021 3:56:27 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will definitely kill you.h)
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To: alloysteel
Well, yeah.

Who gets "reparations"?

Do you need a DNA test to prove you are black?

Do you need to be 100% black? 50%? 10%? 1%?

13 posted on 06/19/2021 3:58:35 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam---At war with Western Civilization for 1400 years)
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To: Robwin

What’s in YOUR wallet?


14 posted on 06/19/2021 4:00:56 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Robwin

BLACK Professor BAFFLES Don Lemon “We ALREADY Had Reparations”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v17ix5D2PDA&list=FLLR0KZJRLxO4vVbc4-lAyjw&index=1

Columbia professor John McWhorter told Don Lemon that we already had reparations in the country and we should be wary “of the idea that we should think of [Tulsa-style reparations] as a microcosm for what should happen for black America.”

4-minute video w/Michael Knowles


15 posted on 06/19/2021 4:06:46 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: Robwin

Let their taxpayers pay them. Leave the rest of us out.


16 posted on 06/19/2021 4:22:43 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: Robwin

Prediction: At some point someone will suggest genetic testing for reparation benefits eligibility. Say, 23andMe.

Another one: How black to you you have to be to collect? Will there be an objective measure, or do people like Rachel Dolezal collect full boat?


17 posted on 06/19/2021 4:42:31 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Excellent question.

About 15 years ago, I saw a talk show about reparations.

The show displayed viewers’ comments on screen.

And one comment said: “I’m half-black. Do I collect 50% or just pay myself and call it even?”

It was funny, plus it made the point of how ridiculous the whole idea is.


18 posted on 06/19/2021 4:56:57 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Robwin

Back in 1917 a “Soviet” was essentially a Bolshevik revolutionary organization at approximately the city level.

I think the reason these (mostly left coast but not all) cities are defunding the police and letting the homeless lunatics rule the asylum is that Soros and others are funding a network of these 21st century soviets here in the good ole USA.

They certainly aren’t doing this ish because they think its good for their cities or what the majority of their voters want.


19 posted on 06/19/2021 5:03:06 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Robwin

We now understand why juneteenth was declared a holiday. (To condition the folks for nationwide reparations.)


20 posted on 06/19/2021 5:17:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The government is the biggest criminal of them all.)
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