Posted on 03/27/2024 8:05:16 AM PDT by Angelino97
In its Tuesday meeting, Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved a motion to explore possible ways of compensating the descendants of a Black entrepreneur whose hopes were crushed almost 70 years ago when eminent domain seized his property.
Silas White had big ideas in 1957. This was to open a Black beach club at 1811 Ocean Avenue where members could lounge in the main entrance’s bar, enjoy jazz music or take a swim in a crystal-clear pool. Further plans included an arts and entertainment venue where “Black residents could indulge in the ‘social enjoyment, recreation, and entertainment’ that they were denied at ‘white’ beach clubs like Santa Monica’s famous Casa del Mar and Edgewater.”
A year later, before White’s plan could come to life, Santa Monica City officials used eminent domain to take the property. At the time, the City reportedly declared the property blighted and claimed it was needed for a parking lot. According to a staff report, these “urban renewal policies” intensified racial segregation and displaced Black communities.
Today, the City still owns the property; a portion of which is leased to the world-class Viceroy Hotel which in exchange benefits the City with direct annual revenue.
“This puts the City of Santa Monica in the unique position to right this historic wrong by further investigating the seizure of the Ebony Beach Club Land and establishing a process to potentially return the land to the living heirs of those from whom the land was taken and compensate their descendants for wealth lost over the last 60 plus years.” the report read.
“The City has underscored its commitment to racial equity, including the adoption of a Black Apology in November 2022 and the adopted City priority of advancing equity and inclusion with a Citywide equity strategic plan well underway.”
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But now his family wants "compensation" (i.e., current market value and lost profits). Essentially, "double dipping." Getting paid in 1957, and again today.
This happened a few years ago in Manhattan Beach, when a black man's descendants were "compensated" (again) for property seized in the 1920s.
Eminent domain ain't nice. But it happens to all races.
But if you're black, and your property was seized due to "racism," your descendants are compensated a second time decades after the fact.
File it under Black Privilege.
Council= fidiots!
“establishing a process to potentially return the land to the living heirs of those from whom the land was taken and compensate their descendants for wealth lost over the last 60 plus years.”
Go ahead......they’ll be back for something else later.
News flash......it’ll never be enough.......EVER.
I knew my Grand Pappy would make good!
ROTFL. Why don’t they just kiss the descendants’ butts and call that good. Crazy, self-deprecating Crackers.
Reparations for slavery has evolved into reparations for any alleged injustice ever experienced by any black people.
I’ve heard cost estimates of many trillions of dollars are allegedly owed for the sins of the past. But this idea is gaining popularity.
In the Kelo case, Connecticut had a statute allowing eminent domain for "economic development" even in the absence of blight. There was also an additional twist in that the development corporation was ostensibly a private entity; thus, the plaintiffs argued that it was not constitutional for the government to take private property from one individual or corporation and give it to another, if the government was simply doing so because the repossession would put the property to a use that would generate higher tax revenue.
BFD. My dad had property seized through eminent domain in order to build a bypass around town. Where are our reparations?
“this idea is gaining popularity”
Because weak minded self loathing white liberals are allowing it.
I’m coming to the view that America’s money is now a political token, issued and controlled by a central authority
Its why the rest of the world wants to get away from using it.
I am still waiting for someone to show me how Americans of African Descent are so different from Americans of European Descent.
We are the same in a million ways.
We are different in one.
And that one difference is mighty close.
It’s foolish to treat humans different based on the color of their skin.
It was foolish 200 years ago, and it is foolish today.
My family never owned slaves.
I never owned slaves.
I have nothing to be guilty about.
I never owned slaves.
I have nothing to be guilty about.
According to modern leftist theory:
1. America's wealth is built on slavery. So if you succeed in America, it's because slaves built the foundation for your success.
2. America is "systematically racist." A racist ether permeates the atmosphere, helping whites succeed by hindering blacks.
So you are guilty whether you personally owned slaves or not.
THE ONLY possible choice for this insane giveaway is if EVERY black person, I mean EVERY ONE, signs off on a legal document that any payment PERMANENTLY binds them, their ancestors, and their dependents into ETERNITY to never play the Race Card again upon penalty of jail. Because no matter what money is paid, 600,000 people died in the War on Slavery, the TRILLIONS UPON TRILLIONS given away in the Great Society nightmare... enough has been given. It moves into the dustbin of history, and can never be an excuse for ANY kind of bad behavior again. Every political party signs off that “EQUITY” is DEAD, and they have to settle for EQUALITY. Which means everybody starts at the same starting line, and you have to do your own work to get to the finish line. If we can’t get that legal assurance... Not a damn dime.
How is guilt then assigned out?
It is impossible.
This is merely another attempt by a group of people to grab money out of the public treasury.
It is impossible.
No, it's easy.
If you're white, your guilty.
Your problem, here, is you’re trying to use LOGIC.
That’s a white man’s burden, logic.
You can’t put that burden on a black man.
Force a black man to use your white man’s logic??
Da fuq? You rayciss or what?
Naw, man, f**k all that white man sh*t; ain’t no logic in here.
Just pure facts the black man been kept down and payback’s overdue.
That’s all you need to know.
This here’s the bow tie on the civil rights tuxedo.
A black man ain’t quite fully dressed without it.
So shut up and pay up, suckah, we steppin OUT.
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