San Francisco debates reparations: $5 million each for Black residents?

The Washington Post ^ | February 27, 2023 | Emmanuel Felton

[KingofZion]

- There was no slavery in San Francisco - My ancestors arrived in 1870s (after slavery was abolished) - Nobody in my family ever owned slaves or confiscated property from anyone (they bought their houses in a regular transaction). - None of my ancestors ever purchased property in the Fillmore district

And yet I am supposed to pay taxes so reparations can be paid to African Americans who live in SF?

[Bishop_Malachi]

And yet I am supposed to pay taxes so reparations can be paid to African Americans who live in SF?
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Yep! You sure are! That is...if you choose to stay there.

[Bobalu]

[DarrellZero]

So take big piles of $ from people who never owned slaves and give it to people who never were slaves?

Seems well thought out. I foresee no problems whatsoever.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

San Francisco debates reparations: $5 million each for Black residents?

This is one way to finally get SF's population growing again - I'm tempted to pull a Rachel Dolezal, declare myself black and move back to the SF (my family lived there when I was under 10 years old).

[Billthedrill]

As a consequence, “non-qualifying” black residents will find themselves taxed to pay out to “qualifying” black residents. I’m sure they’ll be happy about that.

[wjcsux]

You can’t underestimate the stupidity of libtards. CA is up to their ass in debt, people with money are leaving in droves, and they are talking about implementing crap like this.

[iontheball]

Not with my tax dollars.

[Paladin2]

It’s all funny money now anyway.

[GaltAdonis]

"... I foresee no problems whatsoever. ..."

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So you are obviously disregarding the resulting gun play and other violence?
Not significant or important enough to worry about, eh?

/Sarc???

[Drango]

I now self-identify as black and plan to ride the reparations gravy train.

[DarrellZero]

Dude.

[Rural_Michigan]

Good time to be sneakers and sports cars sellers

[Liaison]

Will it be in installments over 20years? Might be better than the lotto drawing.

[The Louiswu]

Pure theater to keep the masses entertained

[dfwgator]

Whitey will get all the money back anyway.

[hanamizu]

“...displacing 883 businesses and 20,000 people, most of them Black. Decades later, thousands of people remain displaced”

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Hmm, appears blacks (no capital b) in San Francisco are not unlike the Arabs who were ‘displaced’ a the creation of Israel. Decades and generations pass, but they remain ‘displaced’.

Are there many Germans who were forced to move out of what became western Poland, the old East Prussia, and western Czechoslovakia after WWII still ‘displaced’? Or did they move, suck it up and try to get on with their lives as best they could?

[frank ballenger]

No, I think you are supposed to fight hard. My opinion.

[rbg81]

I can’t imagine how giving $5M to every eligible AA in SF will go over with the rest of the people living there.

The Libs are probably praying (a first for many of them) hat a conservative court will strike it down as unconstitutional. Then they will cynically crow at how racist the Courts and Constitution are.

[rbg81]

Whitey will get all the money back anyway.

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Eventually. But some people will get lots of unearned luxury goods and houses for absolutely nothing. Some of them will OD on drugs too.