Reparations Go Viral in Seattle (two websites offer white people 'ways to fight racism directly')

Seattle Weekly ^ | 7/27/2016 | Sarah Bernard

[simpson96]

Natasha Marin: Professional Victim.

[Vaquero]

Reparations for WHAT???

They live in the greatest country in the world where anyone who will do a little hard work can become quite well off. Eff them. Get off your welfare taking @$$3$ and go to work.

[2banana]

Will obama’s white side pay his black side?

[ronnie raygun]

Insanity at it’s best

[Gaffer]

In a ‘connected’ online society, the one with the inclination to make bucks for no work usually starts a begging website and tries to convince bleeding heart fools to part with their money. Follow the money.

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

for later

[Original Lurker]

1099 their asses.

[wastoute]

Good for her. No one in my family has ever owned a slave going back 200 years, according to census records. If those who feel guilt think they can buy their way out then they are suckers. Does she give a receipt one can wave at a thug and get them to apologize and not take tour wallet?

I have had folks point out to me that “so what” your ancestors owned no slaves. No one today has ever owned a slave. Good point. This is all so much PT Barnum...born every minute.

[blam]

Always, something for nothing.

[Hulka]

No kidding. . .not to mention the 500,000 that died in the Civil War.

[fella]

The deaths of several of my ancestors while wearing blue uniforms is more than enough payment.

[Blennos]

They live in the greatest country in the world where anyone who will do a little hard work can become quite well off. Eff them. Get off your welfare taking @$$3$ and go to work.

Study is hard. Work is hard. Begging is easy.

[Gay State Conservative]

I'll tell ya what,sweetie...I'll continue to pay my taxes as I've been doing for almost 50 years...an act which has helped fund the $22,000,000,000,000 (twenty two *trillion*) of wealth redistribution that's occurred since the Rat Party declared "war" on "poverty" in '64.

Is that good enough for ya,sweetie? Or do you want *more*?

[Maceman]

Translave. Born free, self-identifies as a slave — the kind who dreams not of freedom, but of being a master.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

As long as the giving is voluntary, I don’t see anything wrong. The rationale is stupid, but people can do stupid things with their own money. Just leave me out of it.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Does she carry a bike horn and honk it instead of talking?

[Mark17]

The basic concept of Marin’s site is this: White people have a responsibility to do something to help dismantle white supremacy and white privilege

Would anyone be terribly offended if I gracefully declined to participate? How about if I not so gracefully declined to participate?

[simpson96]

LOL

[metmom]

As long as the giving is voluntary, I don’t see anything wrong. The rationale is stupid, but people can do stupid things with their own money. Just leave me out of it.

Exactly....

I have no guilt and feel no need to make up for someone else's ancestors injustices to someone else's ancestors.