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White Tucker Carlson Guest (Mark Steyn) Says African-Americans ‘Need to Move on’ From Slavery
The Wrap ^ | February 22, 2019 | Jon Levine

Posted on 02/22/2019 3:47:46 PM PST by EveningStar

White Tucker Carlson Guest Says African-Americans ‘Need to Move on’ From Slavery (Video)

Tucker Carlson guest Mark Steyn offered his thoughts and slavery and the issue of reparations to the descendants of U.S. slaves, telling viewers of Carlson’s Fox News show Thursday that nobody living today knew anyone who had been a slave and that people just needed to move on from the whole issue.

“Slavery was abolished a century and a half ago. Nobody alive today had a grandparent who was a slave and in that sense I think you reach a point where, you know, you need to move on,” said, Steyn, a Canadian author and culture commentator who is white. “The reparations thing eventually, as the decades go by, becomes ridiculous.” ...

The moment comes as Carlson faces a months long advertiser boycott after a segment on his show in December in which he said illegal immigration made the United States “poorer” and “dirtier.” Since that episode, major brands like Pacific Life, Red Lobster, SmileDirectClub and dozens of others have pulled ads from the show...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: marksteyn; reparations; slavery; tuckercarlson
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To: bray

They sharecropped the owners land took the last name of the former master/owner. I guess they must have really hated each other. /sarcasm


161 posted on 02/23/2019 11:19:40 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: nutmeg

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162 posted on 02/23/2019 11:20:53 AM PST by nutmeg (democRATs: The party of Infanticide, Open Borders, Crime, High Taxes and "Free" Sh*t)
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To: chuckee

Jews got massive reparations after the holocaust.


163 posted on 02/23/2019 5:20:56 PM PST by socalgop
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