Posted on 03/04/2021 9:48:21 AM PST by rktman
With reparations, there is the issue of who pays. Do African countries owe reparations to black Americans? After all, Harvard's director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Henry Louis Gates, wrote that 90% of those enslaved and shipped to the New World were sold by Africans to European slavers. All whites? Only whites? Nonwhites? Are payments owed for the time before the United States became a country?
Former University of California, Los Angeles, historian Roger McGrath writes:
"The reparationists claim that the United States must compensate the descendants of slaves for 400 years of slavery. Since the United States was not established until 1788 (when the required three-fourths majority of the states approved the Constitution), slavery existed for only 77 years before the 13th Amendment abolished it." McGrath also writes about the number of whites who owned slaves in the January issue of Chronicle Magazine:
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
From Emory University, slavevoyages.org:
Ugly, yes, were the colonies the worst offenders? Not by a long shot.
I wonder why African countries don’t demand their descendants back?...
I’m just so confused!
Registered democrats pay.
Talk about a third party movement.
rktman wrote: “This idea is so wide open for abuse. “
The checks, if any, will be of minimal value. The ‘reparations’ will go to community organizers to invest in the inner cities to improve the lives of those who live there. (You do believe that don’t you?)
IOW, a slush fund for BLM and Al Sharpton.
Harris’ background is Jamaican/Indian and Obama’s is African - neither of whom had American slave ancestors so what other than skin color gives them any claim to reparations? Nothing!
Applying the deep pockets rule, the British and Spanish should pay the lions share of reparations, with Africa getting mostly a pass.
I wonder why African countries don’t demand their descendants back?...
That’s right. No repatriation.
How ‘bout descendants of black slave owners?
How ‘bout blacks that arrived after slavery?
How much ‘black’ do you have to be to qualify?
C’mon, man! You know only white people will pay.
“The checks, if any, will be of minimal value. “
I was thinking that as well. Along the line of payouts for class action lawsuits. You get like 1-2% of what you hope you will get. If that.
“How ‘bout blacks that arrived after slavery?” Pretty sure somewhere on here it was stated that possibly 5% of AAs in the US today have any ties to slaves. But a lot will claim to.
Yeah, and john ‘for the people’ morgan will get the rest. :-)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but we’re the first slaves, brought to Jamestown, set free and the slave traders sent packing?
Also, my Mother’s ancestors came over as indentured servants. Do I get a check?
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The dem’s objective with this is to garner votes so they will spread out the pot of money to as many as possible thus watering down the amount each person receives.
At the time, not very many freed slaves wanted to go back to Africa either.
Well start with England and Democrats then move on from there; perhaps in a couple hundred years it’ll be resolved.
There was a woman who told Neil Boortz, “You don’t like Obama because he’s black!” Boortz replied, “Frankly, lady, I don’t like the white half of him.”
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