Posted on 12/31/2018 6:39:35 PM PST by Altura Ct.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) told PJM that the federal government should conduct a study of reparations for descendants of slaves to be able to determine the best way to “repair some of the damage" that slavery has caused to the African-American community.
Jackson Lee became the lead sponsor of H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, after Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) resigned from Congress.
The legislation seeks to “address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.”
It’s a commission to study the issue of what was the economic impact of the work of slaves and how does it translate in the 21st century. And what we want to do is to build a narrative, a story of the facts and out of that be able to access how we repair some of the damage,” Jackson Lee said during a recent interview after her speech at the annual Legislative and Policy Conference organized by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network.
“When you look at urban blight, when you look at schools in inner cities and rural communities that are not at the level of excellence that they should be, when you look at support for [historically black colleges and universities], all of that will be part of understanding that whole journey and that whole economic journey,” she added. “And it is interesting that these magnificent buildings were built by slaves, obviously with no compensation. That is not what we are asking for; this bill is to have a commission to hear from people all over the nation.”
Jackson Lee called the reparations legislation “a beginning process and an educational process for the nation in a non-controversial manner, and not in a manner of pitting one group of people against another.”
Actor Danny Glover called for reparations for African descendants during his speech before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 2016. Jackson Lee was asked if she agreed with Glover.
“Danny Glover has been a strong supporter of H.R. 40 and we would love to have him as a witness providing his point of view – that’s why this is such a great initiative and legislation,” she replied.
During an interview with PJM, Sharpton said that criminal justice reform and voting rights topped his agenda during meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. On Dec. 21 President Trump signed the First Step Act, which White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner worked on with a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
“Danny Glover has been a strong supporter of H.R. 40 and we would love to have him as a witness providing his point of view – that’s why this is such a great initiative and legislation,” she replied.
Is Mel Gibson onboard too?
Give them New York, California providing that they become independent countries.
Congressional Black Caucus gets 25% cut before the money disappears ?
Slavery ended a half dozen generations ago. This kind of talk is idiotic nonsense. The holocaust was much more recent and all you hear Jews asking for is return of what was taken from them. Some need to learn how to bury their dead.
Don’t forget to give them machetes when they land in Africa, or will they just bring their glocks.
Well,President Lincoln purchased land in Africa for the ex slaves, but they didn’t seem to want to go back to Africa. For that matter my family did its part in helping the former slaves. He brought a former slave family home with him and got a job for them and a house for his family.
So, am I entitles to some sort of reparation because I am a female and a Catholic?
Oh, wait. My ancestors came over and worked hard. One set of Bavarian great-grandparents really were dirt poor. My great-grandfather died young and left behind 5 children. Yet their grandchildren were very successful with 2 becoming dentists.
So, instead of expecting some sort of reparations, I can only say, THANK YOU to the USA for allowing poor immigrants to come here and through hard work, have successful lives. They contributed to the growth of this wonderful country, and without that opportunity, would never have been able to work themselves out of poverty in Germany.
Congresswoman Hopes Reparations Bill is Path to ‘Pay Some (more) free cash to the brain damaged’
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Congressional Black Caucus gets 25% cut before the money disappears ?
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Only from what remains after the DNC and the Clinton Foundations get their cut.
I agree, you have a very fair plan.
“Danny Glover has been a strong supporter of H.R. 40 and we would love to have him as a witness providing his point of view – that’s why this is such a great initiative and legislation,” she replied.
How do you begin to reason with the person that says something like that?
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee scumbag racist enemy
It’s just Blackmail—if you pay them they will want more in a year or two. They will hate you more and think they deserve more and more forever. Not a good idea.
Yeah. When Al Sharpton and Charley Rangel pay their taxes, the Irish are first in line to benefit.
Make damn sure we pay them in CASH before they get on the plane for the motherland. And no return to this country for 100 years.
I can just see a family of four getting off the plane with $400K in cash in a typical African country.....lol.
My ancestors were still in Ireland. Who will pay reparations to me for the Democrat KKK who attacked my ancestors when they did come to America? They were attacked because they were Catholic.
“Will the Irish get some ?”
Exactly. My ancestors were tenant farmers in Scotland until the land was taken by British “lords” as part of a wager. Since my ancestors were Catholic - not Church of England - they were kicked off the land with nothing to their name. This was during the 1840’s Potato Famine. They immigrated to Canada and eventually to the USA in the 1880’s well after slavery had ended. Since tenant farming is essentially slavery when do I get my reparations? Whiners.
Looks like ZERO44 won’t be able to cash in on this one.
We’ll just deposit it in a lockbox and bury it next to the flag that Neil Armstrong placed on Mars
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