Posted on 09/02/2016 5:09:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Better education and loan forgiveness are key strategies to address disparities for Black communities and their next generations.
This is the first in a series of conversations with contributors to the platform’s demands.
The Movement for Black Lives kicked into high gear last month when more than 50 affiliated organizations released demands for social change. The demands include five reparations with a list of 40 possible ways to achieve them. These range from a guaranteed minimum livable income for all Black people to incorporating an examination of colonialism and slavery into school curricula.
“The government, responsible corporations, and other institutions that have profited off of the harm they have inflicted on Black people must repair the harm done,” reads the document.
At the top of the list is education. Specifically, it demands full and free access to quality educational opportunities for all Black people, including undocumented and currently and formerly incarcerated people. The platform also calls for technical education, educational support programs, and the retroactive forgiveness of student loans.
The focus on education as reparation isn’t surprising considering 23 states spend more per pupil in affluent districts than in impoverished districts with a high concentration of Black students, according to the National Center for Education....
(Excerpt) Read more at yesmagazine.org ...
California is the same way, if not worse. Here they can’t even Speak English, and It is NOT because they speak a foreign Language.
sounds like they want to be equal to the white men of the Civil War period...
you know those guys who died setting the black slaves free...
those guys who WORKED for a living...
those guys who didn’t go to any college free or not...
No
Re: “You want reparations? Go to the Africa Tribes that captured your ancestors...”
From 1500 to 1800, during the peak of the New World slave trade, almost all the people who lived in west-central Africa were indigenous.
In other words, American Blacks were literally sold into slavery by their own ancestors!
Woo dey goan rite up dem forms fer de bruddas?
An' wut if dey wants to be Kernel not majer??
As previously stated, "It’s not likely an employer will be fooled..."
Yes, I did see that.
Was just funnin’ around.
Man, if these people decide they want to fool themselves, or lie to themselves and us, they surely do get it done, though, don’t they?
Obama, Hillary, Comey, any of them...unbelievable the harm they have done to the country.
Black Lies Matter
That should be impressed on the 66 million pieces of scum who voted for Traitorobama, along with a suggestion to get the hell out of the United States.
They are too stupid and short sighted to understand they are just getting more votes for Donald Trump. We can put up with them long enough to get him in the White House.
Let ‘em show up on day one, hand them their diplomas, and say, “There you go. Anything else is trespassing.” Of course, any black who is willing to pay (or earn a scholarship) and are willing to put in the work can earn a real one.
We owe them NOTHING.
Close, but actually they will be bureaucrats.
Politicians do have to work occasionally -- elections, you know.
We can’t get them to finish high school.
I think those are called “government jobs”.
Laughed out loud!
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