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To: Trod Upon
"The only true reparation is to put them in the same position they would have been in had there been no slavery. That means stripping them of everything they own and shipping them off to Africa."

In all candor your response is racist and harsh.

There are no ex-slaves to "strip and send back to Africa." There are only people whose ancestors were slaves generations ago. So by what logic should these innocents be deported? And, as a subsequent poster somewhat rudely replies, who sends back who is a formula that can only compound past injustices.

But we note in the interest of historical accuracy that the solution you proposed was in fact the solution Lincoln, the great emancipator, actually believed would be the best for all at the time of his demise.

13 posted on 05/16/2009 3:22:54 PM PDT by trek
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To: trek

Where did I say “send them back?” Of course we’re not talking about actual slaves. And neither are the “reparations” thugs; that was the whole point of my post. They—the “reparations” thugs—want to use the power of the state to plunder Caucasians who never held slaves, and they do it based on a never ending grievance due to blackness theory. Fine, but if we’re going to talk about the supposed continuing legacy of slavery, then one aspect we can’t ignore must surely be the presence of the slaves’ descendants in America and the opportunities they enjoyed as a result. But you were too busy looking for an excuse to throw out the R-word to grasp the point of the post.


19 posted on 05/16/2009 8:17:09 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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