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Thu Mar-01-07 05:37 PM
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| 50. Three of my great grandparents came over |
| -Reparations |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 01:51 PM |
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I'm with you. Though how reparations could be made baffles me. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-01-07 01:56 PM |
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I support reperations the same way I support developing transporters |
bryant69 |
Mar-01-07 01:56 PM |
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I support reparations to any surviving slave. |
lvx35 |
Mar-01-07 01:58 PM |
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but couldn't the US government |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 02:03 PM |
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They couldn't even keep the whole Katrina debit-card mess straight.... |
Sammy Pepys |
Mar-01-07 02:08 PM |
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Its an interesting idea |
lvx35 |
Mar-01-07 02:15 PM |
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The government doesn't have any money |
Bronyraurus |
Mar-01-07 04:15 PM |
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The government has tons of money. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Mar-01-07 04:19 PM |
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taxpayers money being wasted |
frankenforpres |
Mar-01-07 04:28 PM |
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Or just cut spending. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Mar-01-07 04:28 PM |
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The public is willing to pay for it |
Bronyraurus |
Mar-01-07 04:40 PM |
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I believe in reparations in the form of a massive infusion of money |
cali |
Mar-01-07 04:35 PM |
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Good call. Those blacks had it made during the Jim Crow era. |
jeffrey_X |
Mar-01-07 08:52 PM |
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It's not a Black issue but a "Poor Issue" ... |
BlueJazz |
Mar-01-07 02:01 PM |
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Anti-reparations |
Sammy Pepys |
Mar-01-07 02:07 PM |
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thanks for your opinions it is a hard topic for sure |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 02:14 PM |
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The wiki article like many ignores the active participation of africans in the slave trade |
Solo_in_MD |
Mar-01-07 03:15 PM |
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Africans profited the most from slavery? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Mar-01-07 04:29 PM |
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Which west African governments... |
LanternWaste |
Mar-01-07 05:28 PM |
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Three of my great grandparents came over |
ikojo |
Mar-01-07 05:37 PM |
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Osiyo brother DU'ers |
fla nocount |
Mar-01-07 02:17 PM |
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I also think more needs to be done for Native Americans |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 02:26 PM |
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Absolutely |
cgrindley |
Mar-01-07 04:41 PM |
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I think that this topic is brought up to stoke the fires of racism |
itsmesgd |
Mar-01-07 02:57 PM |
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Hey, I'm 1/4 bred |
fla nocount |
Mar-01-07 05:08 PM |
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Hope this thread can stay civil |
goclark |
Mar-01-07 02:30 PM |
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at the very least |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 02:52 PM |
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I am renewed by your post |
goclark |
Mar-01-07 04:13 PM |
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That's a very sensible approach... |
Virginia Dare |
Mar-02-07 04:14 PM |
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The best reparations would be the elimination of institutional racism/classism. |
porphyrian |
Mar-01-07 02:55 PM |
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if we had things like |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 02:58 PM |
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I agree completely, and I'm stubborn enough to still think we can change this. - n/t |
porphyrian |
Mar-01-07 03:05 PM |
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Reparations make no sense to me. How do you prove your ancestors were slaves? |
Sapere aude |
Mar-01-07 03:11 PM |
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okay I propose another question |
BayCityProgressive |
Mar-01-07 03:20 PM |
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No |
Bronyraurus |
Mar-01-07 04:18 PM |
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IIRC, Jefferson proposed exactly that |
Karenina |
Mar-01-07 04:35 PM |
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Holocaust survivors are still alive |
Bronyraurus |
Mar-01-07 04:42 PM |
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This is a stupid arguement....of course no slaves are still alive and it's |
jeffrey_X |
Mar-01-07 05:34 PM |
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I think the United States government should pay... |
Bornaginhooligan |
Mar-01-07 04:16 PM |
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Should they pay reparations to the descendents of internment victims? |
Sammy Pepys |
Mar-01-07 04:18 PM |
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They already did. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Mar-01-07 04:20 PM |
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No, they didn't. |
Spider Jerusalem |
Mar-01-07 05:26 PM |
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No they didn't. |
Sammy Pepys |
Mar-02-07 09:28 AM |
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Oh, yeah. Take from the whites and give to the blacks. That'll solve racial tensions real well. |
Dark |
Mar-01-07 04:24 PM |
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Ah |
Bornaginhooligan |
Mar-01-07 04:27 PM |
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It's not taking from the whites. It's the government giving back |
LanternWaste |
Mar-01-07 05:33 PM |
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Not all whites are rich. |
ikojo |
Mar-01-07 05:44 PM |
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eww |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Mar-01-07 08:28 PM |
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No, I Don't. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Mar-01-07 04:25 PM |
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But they did suffer. |
cali |
Mar-01-07 04:39 PM |
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From A Socially Responsible Perspective Absolutely. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Mar-01-07 04:42 PM |
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No |
cgrindley |
Mar-01-07 04:39 PM |
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I think Al Sharpton should get reparations from Thurmond's estate. |
live love laugh |
Mar-01-07 05:57 PM |
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Absolutley 100% |
cgrindley |
Mar-01-07 07:40 PM |
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It would just bring more problems |
Katzenkavalier |
Mar-01-07 07:44 PM |
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yes to reparations. nt. |
k_jerome |
Mar-01-07 05:10 PM |
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OK but who pays whom? (n/t) |
vincent_vega_lives |
Mar-01-07 05:29 PM |
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we (the people) pay african americans. nt. |
k_jerome |
Mar-01-07 06:20 PM |
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"The people" includes African-Americans. |
Spider Jerusalem |
Mar-01-07 07:57 PM |
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a portion of african americans tax money would go to paying.... |
k_jerome |
Mar-01-07 08:00 PM |
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But just giving people a check doesn't address underlying issues and inequalities. |
Spider Jerusalem |
Mar-01-07 08:12 PM |
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What about Jamaican, Haitian, Dominican, Cape Verdian and |
vincent_vega_lives |
Mar-02-07 03:40 PM |
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same deal. nt. |
k_jerome |
Mar-02-07 03:48 PM |
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why (n/t) |
vincent_vega_lives |
Mar-02-07 03:58 PM |
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because they share in the results of that episode... |
k_jerome |
Mar-02-07 04:11 PM |
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Mar-01-07 05:19 PM |
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Let go of the past? |
LanternWaste |
Mar-01-07 05:37 PM |
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I support it. I have posted so since the earliest days of the DU in 2001. |
David Zephyr |
Mar-01-07 07:44 PM |
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Reperations would just be a mess |
gravity |
Mar-02-07 04:05 PM |
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On this question, I don't care what I think. I care what African-Americans think. n/t |
Mister Ed |
Mar-02-07 04:09 PM |
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