Posted on 02/20/2017 5:32:26 PM PST by TigerClaws
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other Democrats this week re-introduced legislation that would set up a commission to consider whether reparations should be paid to black Americans for slavery.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has proposed the bill in each Congress for at least the last two decades.
A description of the bill said the legislation would set up a commission to both examine the possibility of reparations, but also an apology for the "racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans."
It's a response to the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States."
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Conyers' new bill wasn't released as of Wednesday, but the version of the bill proposed last year found that 4 million blacks were enslaved in the U.S. from 1619 to 1865. It said the commission would examine the entire history of slavery, and then make recommendations on whether the U.S. government should apologize for slavery, and whether reparation payments are warranted.
Will indentured servants get reparations? Indentured servants were treated as slaves, too. Oh wait, indentured servants were whites, so Dems don’t care about them.
Many are to young to have even gone to an all black high school. Both my oldest sister and I went to all white High School in the early 60’s. Our youngest sister and my wife who were both born in 1954 went to integrated high schools in AL and TN respectively. My wife has talked about the busing from downtown Nashville to her school.
We should thank him, pushing this nonsense turns off White voters.
The Congressional Black Caucus is nothing but a taxpayer funded black racist group.
Reparations have been paid countless times over already...
“Reparations have been paid countless times over already...”
If you travel around Asia, and the UK as I have, people will tell you that American blacks (not all, but most of them) are a disgrace to OTHER black people. This folks, is the black AND white opinion, overseas.
PREACH THE TRUTH!!!
Dems renew demand for slavery reparations
Since their party was the slave party from the beginning of the country I suggest that the Democrat Party pay reparations.
I forget the country but I read about local Blacks somewhere (in a non-Black county) who really resented Black American tourists.
Please somebody watch this clip about reparations from King of Queens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEN8MV8kANM
Many countries issue travel advisories for their citizens to avoid “certain” areas and inhabitants...
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