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BET founder Robert Johnson calls for $14 trillion of reparations for slavery
CNBC ^ | June 1, 2020 | Matthew J. Belvedere

Posted on 06/01/2020 9:23:49 AM PDT by C19fan

Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, told CNBC on Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality. The wealth divide and police brutality against blacks are at the heart of protests that have erupted across the nation following last week’s killing of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis.

“Now is the time to go big” to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Johnson said on “Squawk Box.”

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: raparations; slavery
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To: C19fan

Only if they repay for the 40 acres and a mule the freed slaves received, and all economic benefit for those assets each year to current.

They must also repay/offset the amount received from welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, police courts prison, and free education received. an a very large payment yet to be determined for having to listen and put up with this BS every election cycle.

Also they must be able to show direct lineage from a slave


121 posted on 06/01/2020 11:59:50 AM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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To: C19fan

Oh, so this has been all about extortion the whole time. Nice little country youz got there...


122 posted on 06/01/2020 12:01:11 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Ezekiel

Where did it all go? It’s never enough anyway, got to shake out every cracker crumb.
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I think one of his wives cleaned him out pretty good.

She became the ‘darling’ of the horse set when she bought a farm in Virginia ‘horse country’ and the Libs thought they were purely progressive by ‘allowing’ her to live amongst them.

Then she made it know that her farm would be a haven for unmarried pregnant ‘black’ lasses.

That became a ‘fly in the ointment...

Or something like that.

She is listed as the FIRST Black Female BILLIONAIRE.

Mr Johnson learned well, at 70 he married a 37 year old former concierge


123 posted on 06/01/2020 12:05:06 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: C19fan

Thats a lot of colt 45, liquor, drugs and lotto. So they got thier checks from Trump, ask any one of them what they did with the money, right they partied. Reparations (the imaginary unicorn) will last them about a year or two and they will be back crying


124 posted on 06/01/2020 1:31:34 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Hugh the Scot

The statistics are from the FBI’s 2018 annual crime report: 514 whites killed by blacks, 234 blacks killed by whites, with a difference of 280. As for the math, yeah, it was bad; I was in a rush and somebody was talking to me while I was typing.


125 posted on 06/01/2020 1:51:09 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: C19fan

Yet another race-baiting wealthy oaf spouts off
Hey, Bozo, give up your money first. Pathetic nitwit.


126 posted on 06/01/2020 2:29:41 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: C19fan

Yeah...that’s not going to happen.

My family gave at the office...specifically with the VT Volunteers at Cold Harbor.


127 posted on 06/01/2020 2:33:55 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: C19fan

$14 trillion is roughly $370,000 a person. Cut the checks and within a few years nothing will be any different than before.


128 posted on 06/01/2020 2:36:10 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Steve_Seattle

“The statistics are from the FBI’s 2018 annual crime report”

That’s exactly why they’re suspect.

Who’s white in that database?


129 posted on 06/01/2020 3:23:36 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: Hugh the Scot
"Who’s white in that database?"

I believe that "white" includes "white" Hispanics. I've been griping about that for years; the only time "white" and "Hispanic" are lumped together seems to be in crime statistics. If I recall, about 1/3 of the "white"-on-black murders were committed by Hispanics.
130 posted on 06/01/2020 3:58:59 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Yes. It’s true.

The numbers have been “worked” for years.


131 posted on 06/01/2020 4:22:40 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: C19fan
Here my math:

Cost of Great Society through 2014: $22 Trillion
BET reparations: $14 Trillion

The Radical Left owes America $8+ Trillion.

132 posted on 06/01/2020 4:27:49 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus aka CCP virus.)
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To: odawg

oh it’s worse than that. He said the money would and should come from the taxpayers. 350k$ to every black person


133 posted on 06/01/2020 4:30:02 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: LizardQueen

I have said the exact same thing on previous reparations threads. We are a nation of governance by consent and I will withdraw my consent.

Nuttin from nuttin leaves nuttin!


134 posted on 06/01/2020 6:51:41 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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