Posted on 05/06/2023 5:53:07 PM PDT by Libloather
Activists on Saturday demanded that the state of California pay millions of dollars to each Black resident in reparations as a way to make amends for slavery and subsequent discrimination, dismissing the mammoth proposals from California's reparations task force as too little.
The demands were made at a highly explosive official meeting of the task force, which was created by state legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020. The committee was hearing comments from the public as it considers final recommendations to submit to the California Legislature, which will then decide whether to implement the measures and send them to Newsom's desk to be signed into law.
An activist identified as Reverend Tony Pierce was one of the most outspoken people at the gathering, making reference to the famous "40 acres and a mule" promise to former slaves when he took the podium.
"You know that the numbers should be equivocal to what an acre was back then. We were given 40, OK? We were given 40 acres. You know what that number is. You keep trying to talk about now, yet you research back to slavery and you say nothing about slavery, nothing," said Pierce. "So, the equivocal number from the 1860s for 40 acres to today is $200 million for each and every African-American."
Pierce, who shouted most of his remarks, then directed his ire to the task force for in his view not pushing an ambitious enough reparations plan.
"You're not supposed to be afraid," he said. "You're just supposed to tell the truth. You're not supposed to be the gatekeepers. You're supposed to say what the people want and hear from the people."
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California was never a slave state
These activists are either very stupid or very clever.
Very stupid if they really think that eligible black people will be getting anywhere near $200 million per person That’s complete nonsense.
But very clever if this is just a shrewd negotiating tactic: Let’s ask for $200 million per person. Then the guilt-ridden white legislators in Sacramento will counter with $60,000 per person. That’s more than what we secretly hoped for! And it makes those silly white folks feel good.
Done deal.
How ‘bout a googolplex, will that be enough?
These are pmts not to riot.
We paid the Barberry pirates not to pirate, then things changed.
Unless you are descended from royalty, or from a multi-generational wealthy family, your family was probably under someone’s thumb at some point in history. I owe no one for what their ancestors went through. No one in my family was even here until the early 1900s. That said, even those whose families were here are not responsible for what their ancestors did.
Does a child in Spain or Portugal owe the world for things the Conquistadors did? Do the descendants of Spaniards in Mexico owe all the indigenous people of Mexico? What about blacks who participated in the conquest of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Mexico and other nations/lands (e.g. Juan Garrido)? Do all German children owe the Jews and the descendants of all those who fought for the allies in WWII?
The examples could go on and on. The amount of anti-white hatred and racism being perpetuated at this time in the world is astounding and immoral. It will lead to nothing good, for anyone.
I think the California taxpayers of today would disagree.
They aren’t worth 200 million. Most of them never did a day’s work in their lives. Whitey is going to have to man up and tell them to go take a hike. They should be paying Americans for allowing them to remain here after the Civil War. They’d be living in huts in the jungle and walking everywhere if they were still living in their beloved Africa. No educations, no professional sports, no Mercedes, Audis and Cadillacs. Nothing.
Just make it a buhzillion. 🤡
So maybe they would stop looting? Naw.
Sorry, we can’t afford that. Here’s a coupon for KFC and a free watermelon.
The millions of descendants of soldiers who fought to free the slaves demand compensation.
Countersue.
Why not make it a billion? Sell the State of Ca. to the Chinese, they own a lot of it already. Swalwell and Feinstein probably sold some of it to the Chinese already.
there you go
trying to insert facts into the discussion
I am Scott, so I get the same!/s
If California votes “NO” - they lose!
If California votes “YES” - they lose!
If the amount is $5 - they lose!
If the amount is $200mil - they lose!
They’ve opened the box and Pandora will dance.
> your family was probably under someone’s thumb at some point in history <
Yep. There must be a statute of limitations for such things. Otherwise, bloody grudges and counter-grudges would go on forever.
So what should that statute of limitations be? I’d say that a discussion should be over once there are no more living victims. For example, there are victims of the Holocaust still alive today. If they want to harass and annoy Germany, that’s okay with me.
But there are no former slaves alive today. That book is permanently closed.
ok, but we will subtract the 200 billion per black that has been spent on welfare from that total, so.. you owe us 199 billion 800 million each!
Many deaths in the Civil War aren’t enough. Crops destroyed? Families torn apart? Cities burned?
How far in civilization do we need to go back to???
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