Posted on 07/30/2013 6:15:22 AM PDT by YourAdHere
PHILADELPHIA--The stench of injustice has spilled over with the nauseating smell of institutional murder once again. Left unchanged, this injustice will linger until the next injustice, and the next case…until we finally get it: public policy, in the form of reparations, is the solution to all of our social ills and the injustices that frame our existence. It’s time to rethink our demands and actions.
Reparations is a word to describe what can be done to help victims of chattel enslavement overcome the horrific generational damage that they suffered and the means to give them back their dignity and to make sure that these abuses do not happen again. I’m talking about development-centered reparations in which individuals and communities take control and ownership of the development of their own communities.
For those of you who are waiting for the “great by and by,” God is not going to step in until we step up. God is not going to protect and defend us until we protect and defend ourselves.
There is no one organization that is going to make “Master” change his/her evil ways. Only a mass social movement…will. That social movement of our time is the extant reparations movement.
Our protests for the injustice of the murder of Trayvon Martin, and the release of his killer, must be strategically and logically linked to reparations. As the demand for reparations goes forward, here are some starting proposals to…repair the damage done to descendants of Africans enslaved in America. We need to:
Demand the repeal of all “stand your ground laws.” Demand a war on the import of weapons in urban communities with bounties and rewards. Demand divestment from financial institutions with a history of financing chattel slavery with investments, loans, and accepting deposits of enslavers. Demand that funding for education exceeds funding for prisons. Demand free, quality healthcare and insurance.
Unless and until we make these demands and proposals measurable and available for all African descendants enslaved in America…we will continue to engage in and promote generational insanity.
Minister Ari Sesu Merretazon is co-chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America. My Take is a social commentary feature that allows AFRO readers to share their insight into a range of topics. Please submit your 250-450 word entries, with My Take typed into the subject field, to editor@afro.com. Include your name, age, occupation and daytime phone number. The AFRO reserves the right to edit or reject any entry.
“...The fact that you can read and write is a result of white privilege...”
It’s called by various names...
Initiative... Work Ethic... Self-respect... pride... wanting to better myself... ambition... determination ...
Whatever else it’s called, it sure as hell ain’t “privilege”.
LOL!
” “...The fact that you can read and write is a result of white privilege...””
Hmmmm......how do you explain the oriental immigrants who fill all of the Advanced Placement courses in our high schools? Most of them come here poor, and speak no English.
Oh yeah, they don’t count. They are far too busy studying, to waste time attending “racism” symposiums : )
“...how do you explain the oriental immigrants...”
Oriental Privilege?
” Oriental Privilege?”
At least the blacks and hispanics despise the orientals equally : )
“For those of you who are waiting for the “great by and by,” God is not going to step in until we step up.”
Careful now , Careful what you ask for!
Has this social welfare organization’s tax exemption been questioned yet? I think this nation has been had!
“In September 2003, N’COBRA formed a 501(c)(3) corporation, N’COBRA Legal Defense, Research and Education Fund. The mission of this 501(c)(3) is to develop and implement projects to educate and seek reparations for Africans and People of African descendant. As a 501(c)(3) it will not engage in lobbying which is one of the primary focuses of the parent organization, N’COBRA.”
http://www.ncobra.org/aboutus/index.html
Fine. Show me someone who was a slave and give em some cash.
no such luck here, directly descended on both sides from former slave owners.
Geordi LaForge stole your hubcaps? Must have been before he got warp drive.
As for reparations, methinks the blood of thousands of Union soldiers should suffice.
“...Geordi LaForge stole your hubcaps? ...”
Yeah - What do you think those retro eye shades he wore were made from??
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