If anyone is interested in some data by Emory University:
Ugly, yes. A lot of history is. Seems like a lot of people dismiss just who captured the majority of people traded and sold. And, there were plenty on non ‘poc’ enslaved over the centuries. No monopoly there.
“people are hell bent on erasing history, erase this while you’re at it”
Great point.....as far as I’m concerned we’ve BEEN paying reparations for 60 or 70 years....its called WELFARE.
I look forward to receiving my check.
We’ve discussed this endlessly here.
Reparations have been paid by the 600,000 mostly white lives lost in the War Against the States.
Further reparations have been paid to blacks via massive welfare programs.
That should be the end of it (but won’t be).
Larry Elder is simply not going to say what the Left wants to hear. It also doesn’t help the Left that he generally comes across as a very reasonable and normal person.
These hearings should be used to highlight Dementia Joe’s recent use of the n-word.
Who comes to equity must come with clean hands. Blacks must assume responsibility for their African ancestors who sold their African captives to slave traders.
The demand for reparations is the epitome of racism because the demand is based solely on race regardless whether one’s forebears ever owned slaves or not.
Having worked in the Corporate world since 1980, I find that race relations, (team work in mix environment, opportunities for promotion, hiring) hit their peak in the 1990s. It has since gone backwards to where we were in the 1970s. It seems the more we talk about it, the worse it gets
They can give the money to any black American who rescinds their citizenship and returns to their ancestors country. If America is so racist they would surely take that deal. My guess is that none of them would.
One of the big reasons race problems exist is that the media (Gayle King et al) keep pushing it.
Larry KILLED IT last week.
Let the ancestors of those Democrat plantation owners who held slaves pay it then.
Whenever this topic comes up it usually degenerates into a discussion about things that happened a long time ago. The most important question never gets asked would giving blacks money actually do any good. What happens when they get money now? Look at the black athletes who make huge salaries & sign on bonus within 5 years of retiring from sports over 50% of them end up bankrupt. Where does the money go? It gets frittered away on dope, whores, gambling & every other Vice you can think of. Don’t we have better things to do with our money then making dope dealers, pimps & liquor stores richer than they already are?