Posted on 04/18/2021 1:59:19 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend the creation of a commission to consider reparations for the Black descendants of U.S. slaves.
First introduced in 1989 by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, H.R. 40 had never made it out of committee until this week. Twenty-five Democrats in the Committee voted in favor , while 17 Republicans voted against .
“This legislation is long overdue,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler , Judiciary Committee chairman, said . “H.R. 40 is intended to begin a national conversation about how to confront the brutal mistreatment of African Americans during chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation and the enduring structural racism that remains endemic to our society today.”
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee had reintroduced the bill earlier this year.
“We’re asking for people to understand the pain, the violence, the brutality, the chattel-ness of what we went through,” Lee said during a committee debate on Wednesday.
“No one should be forced to pay compensation for what they have not done,” Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, said during the debate on the bill.
The advancement of H.R. 40 marks a victory for proponents of a national redress to the inequities caused by slavery. While the bill does not lay out how reparations would take shape, it establishes a body to study the effects of slavery and the socioeconomic discrimination that followed .
“This is a huge development in terms of a multi-developmental struggle of African Americans in this country,” Dr. Ron Daniels, president of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), told Yahoo News Friday. “This bill will go to the floor of the House to be voted on. It’s hard to express what it means that this nation is on the brink of addressing one of its original sins of enslavement and addressing its aftereffects.”
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My response is unprintable.
Yet another attempt of theft by government. The federal government has already stolen $20+ trillon from future generations with the national debt.
Have a tax return checkoff and let people donate to a fund.
“reparations for the Black descendants of U.S. slaves.”
And the people that should foot the bill for these payments are the ones whose ancestors owned slaves...like Kamala.
I LOVE this!
Arizona is over 40% Hispanic. Nationwide, Hispanics are roughly 60 million. And 80% of Hispanics either arrived or were born after 1970. The vast majority of Hispanic families came to the USA after World War 2.
Now try convincing Hispanics in California and Arizona to vote to raise their own taxes to pay for their sin of....owning slaves in the early 1800s?
AIN’T going to sell, people! I’ve never met a Hispanic, or Filipino, or Asian who felt any guilt about slavery. Heck, most of the WHITES I know are descended from families who arrived after 1900!
So you democrats PUSH reparations! Tell everyone in America they owe black people a bunch of money and YOU are coming to collect!
Want to turn California red? Reparations might be the only way to do it.....
F this crap.
One of my ancestors came here as a white indentured servant. How much will I get?
reparations is an interesting concept. sins of our fathers.
lets apply it across the board. commit a crime your family is also responsible for paying any restitution.
I think 2022 Democrats kiss the House and Senate goodbye. If the country survives that long.
You didn't go through any of this, Lee ... especially the "chattel-ness".
of course they know that. that is not the real agenda. the real agenda is to solidify the black vote.
the issue is never the issue. the issue is always the revolution.
Only those families who had slaves should be forced to pay?
If your family owned slaves in Jamaica, are you liable too?
If your family inherited slaves and you set them free, are you still liable?.
If your family never owned slaves are you liable?
If your ancestors were never slaves, explain why you deserve to be included?
Are immigrants who came here after the War between the States still liable too?
Next time I get the census I’m going to say I’m black. If a man can say he’s a woman I can say I’m a black. Maybe they’ll send me some money.
This has got to be settled once and for all. Not one cent of tribute.
It will never go away until our side eventually gives in.
It will never go away if our side gives in. If our side gives in, it will never be enough, no amount of reparations can ever compensate for the wrong that was done, etc.
Mostly peaceful rioters are free to congregate, but churches are harassed. Weakness encourages bullies.
reparatory justice
Funny!
Another HISTORIC VOTE!!!!!! more fn handouts to the do nothings
Like so many things, this has little to do with helping people who actually need help. It is all about flowing big dollars to organizations, their leaders, consultants, and the bureaucracy.
12 million bucks split 13 ways. Nice little political payback thing they got going.
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