White NAACP leaders need their check too.
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.
Didn’t Mohammad Ali say after the fight in Zaire, “thank God my granddaddy got on that boat?”
They seem to have no knowledge of their own hideous slave trade. We would not have had it if they didn’t implant it on our land and entwine our economy to it. How sad, how tragic! They are a very blinkered people, I’m afraid.
Reparations must be paid in historical order. The Jews were slaves in Africa for 400 years. When John Conyers starts sending monthly welfare checks to Sheldon Adelson and Al Sharpton starts sending his checks to Carl Ichan we can talk about it.
The CBC is nothing but relics from their glory days in the 60s. Every one of them. They try to keep things racially stirred so they can relive their glory days. Pathetic.
$8 trillion dollars have been spent on reparations already in the form of housing, welfare and benefits.
Exactly.
Oh, yes, if the Black Caucus just got their hands on more of our tax dollars to be distributed to themselves...er, I mean those poor, inner city blacks shooting up each other...er, I mean those God-fearing, kindly folk: all would be forgiven!
What planet are you from?
You’re rude, lol!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing would ever be enough. Nothing. Ever.
Give them a 10 yr waiver from having to pay federal income taxes. And for that time, they cannot file. Be done with it :)
Dems always want free stuff that other have to pay for.
Reparations are slavery. Welfare is slavery.
I needed that. Still laughing.
reparations to do is healthy, are you on drugs or something?
White NAACP leaders need their check too.
Certainly not talking about money going to the Black Caucus or just any inner-city denizen. Did you read my post?
And where are all the slaves to give reparations to?
They’re all dead because it was a long time ago. It was before the majority of people we had indoor plumbing. It was before we could harness electricity.
Slavery was outlawed over 160 years ago. The last legitimate slave, Cudjoe Lewis died in 1935.
Who in their right mind would ask for reparations today except for sinister reasons?
Obviously these laughable buffoons have too much time on their hands. Hey morons-—ever study legislation written by your betters so you can vote on it in an informed manner? Or do you think you were elected to stir up racial devisiveness and waste time and resources on nonsense? You are THAT stupid, that one has to ask the question.
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