Black Reparations: From Whom? To Whom?

United American Committee ^ | March 5th 2007 | United American Committee

[coincheck]

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[mc6809e]

What happens if someone is decended from both black slaves and from blacks that owned slaves? Does he pay himself reparations?

DIXIE'S CENSORED SUBJECT: BLACK SLAVEOWNERS

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hear, hear!

[chadwimc]

Since my tribe didn't get off the boat until the 1890s, do I owe???

[Nailbiter]

ping

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just send a check for a hundred thousand to Al Sharpton, he'll make sure it gets to the "right" people...

[CaliFReeper1]

ping

[B4Ranch]

Any Black that feels they are not doing better here in America than their forefathers needs to go back to their country of origin.

[ByDesign]

I once dated a black woman, who had an interesting opinion on reparations.

She was for them, but for one reason only - we could finally stop talking about it! She said, sure, some would run right out and buy cars and jewelery and live high on the hog for a while...and then the money would be gone, and they would have to shut up about it once and for all. She was embarrassed by the issue, and did'nt feel she was entitled to anything from slavery.

Me, i think it should be paid out to those who were actually slaves. Oh, there's none left? Oh well!

My Irish ancestors had their land seized by Cromwell, and forced into virtual slavery and lost all rights under British rule. Does the UK and Cromwell's descendants owe me anything? Of course not.

Slavery was a horrible practice in the history of our country, but it's in the past, and those who were actually owned and mistreated are long dead. We need to move on, not fall prey to guilt trips and nonsensical claims of "healing" that throwing money at the issue is supposed to cure. Money won't do a thing, except distract a few for a moment, think of the credit cards issued after Katrina.

If anything, the US Government should be spending money helping blacks to find out any possible records of kinship, although most records have probably been destroyed. The one issue I feel really sorry for is the disconnect that many families have with their ancestors, because of what happened. Maybe there's not much we can do, but it's better spent that way than throwing one hell of a party in the inner city for a month.

[Overseez]

No reparations without repatriation.
In other words, like everybody else, love it or leave it.

[RunningWolf]

Well to get honest and to the core, that is one question to resolve, is it not?

And I think that confronting this question might actually draw all of us more close together. And yes that is very vital to me.

Regards

Wolf

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Remember that Hillary is half-black so get ready to bend over when she annouces she's going to push for reparations aka "the capture the black vote" initiative.

[LegendHasIt]

I'll be glad to pay reparations to any slaves that I've ever owned.

Heck, I'm in a generous mood; I'll pay reparations to any slaves or even the descendants of any slaves that even my great-great grandfather owned.

[Eddie01]

Reparations are a great idea.

I'll gladly foresake my children and pay up to my total net worth that which is due any man who has suffered injustice.

Just tell me the maximum melanin threshold which defines the oppressed and if any man meets this darkness threshold I'll bring my bank transfer info.

[[f'ing madness]]

Here is an idea. I want reparations for this racist "diversity" bullsht whereby my skin color was used to strip me and my family of financial gain because of my skin color.

[aruanan]

We are now hearing demands from descendants of West African Americanized slaves claiming reparations. Who should be responsible for paying those reparations? And who should receive them? First, what about an American Black U.S. citizen who is not a descendant from American slaves, such as Barak Obama, or others who immigrated to the U.S. from other countries?

And what about whites who were descendants of the white slaves who were the slaves in the Americas before the Muslims and black Africans started selling black Africans into slavery? They should get a cut, too. And don't forget all the Chinese slaves.

[Eddie01]

Wolf,

Why is this an issue. I'm as white as the driven snow, born in 1966. My anscestors came from Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. I don't own any black man decended from Africa shit except a fair shake.

Unfortunately the opposite is not true. Every day I face institutionalized racism call "diversity". If a black man of African decent can't make the grade same as any other man I don't give a fk.

My job is to apply myself and do the best I can for me and my family. There are no 'white' people looking out for me I'm aware of. In fact my skin color is my bain in corporate America.

Instead of this rediculous conversation we should be talking about dismantling "diversity".

I don't know you or your politics and but I do know there is no "boogey man", no "white blue-eyed devil" because I'm white and blue-eyed and I'm certainly not the black man of African decents problem, their mine.

[RunningWolf]

Okay I will take 'white' 1st move on the table, and I state that any sort of material calculation (cash property etc) is worthless at this time. Don't you agree? Think About it.

If everyone wants a cash payout(0.0000001% to 3000000.00%) what difference is that really from cessation?

Are all of us little people in it together or not?

Wolf

[Eddie01]

address diversity.

[Dallas59]