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To: cyborg
My ancestors came to America in 1909. Am I responsible for slavery and need to pay reparations now?
21 posted on 12/08/2003 10:50:32 AM PST by bird4four4
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To: bird4four4
No. You're about as responsible for slavery and reparations as I am. I pay enough taxes.
27 posted on 12/08/2003 10:53:42 AM PST by cyborg (far right extremist american...........)
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To: bird4four4
Do descendants of black slave owners owe other blacks?

What if one of your ancestors was a black slave owner and another a slave, do you pay yourself?

Does Halle Berry (one white parent, one black) owe or pay?

If I can prove that my ancestors were too poor to own slaves, do I have to pay, too?

If I, as a white man, can prove that I have a black ancestor who was a slave, can I get reparations, too?
29 posted on 12/08/2003 10:55:14 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: bird4four4
My ancestors came to America in 1909. Am I responsible for slavery and need to pay reparations now?

Yes. In fact you bear a heavier responsibility than most, because ... because ... Oh, you just do, that's all!!

32 posted on 12/08/2003 10:57:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (France delenda est)
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To: bird4four4
My ancestors came to America in 1909. Am I responsible for slavery and need to pay reparations now?

how about every irish family in america that came here at the turn of the century as indentured servents wont see any of us irish crying about reparations my people have more pride than that!

60 posted on 12/08/2003 1:30:58 PM PST by MetalHeadConservative35 (Do Democrats Cause Cancer? Log Onto Foxnews.com to find out!!!!)
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