*"Reparations for slavery is the idea that some form of compensatory payment needs to be made to the descendants of [Africans]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans') who had been enslaved as part of the [Atlantic slave trade]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade'). "*
And just ***HOW*** are they going to determine who are descendents of Africans brought to this country as part of the slave trade? And ***WHY*** would you be compensating their descendents (other than the fact that the original slaves - who are really the ones that should be compensated are no longer alive unless I'm missing something here).
Someone educate me here....................
Reparations for Slavery
438 views·7 replies·by wader
They will make the argument that the decendents have been deprived of and denied the "generational wealth" that gives their pigmentally-challenged oppressors a leg up on life. While it may have some validity when you look back to generation one or two that kind of thing can come and go within a generation or two. It doesn't take that long to create generational wealth, so at this point jpd is correct. It's a vote purchase. I would also point out that Democrats and The Great Society have done more to maintain that status quo then Jim Crow.
CaptainOriginal Crew3,414 postsSince 2019
Interesting take from Obama - he's actually right. I hope they don't listen to him though. ?
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[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][Obama: Democrats are having a ‘circular firing squad’ over ‘purity’ ]('https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/obama-democrats-are-having-a-circular-firing-squad-over-purity/')[/COLOR]
CommodoreOriginal Crew9,821 postsSince 2018
[*Reparations are an example of a different kind. Why is support for this idea, which existed on the fringe for decades, becoming mandatory for the party’s presidential candidates? My suspicion is that part of the explanation involves Trump’s success in driving down black unemployment to its lowest levels ever.*]('https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/one-truthful-democrat-emerges-to-call-out-partys-delusions/')
*[Throw in the nascent movement among black conservatives to escape what some call the Democrats’ “plantation,” and there is real fear on the left that their near-monopolistic hold on the black vote is in jeopardy. So, in a bid to trump Trump among black voters, Dems have decided that treating them as victims and giving them government handouts is the answer.]('https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/one-truthful-democrat-emerges-to-call-out-partys-delusions/')*
[*But again, the response is self-defeating because support for such a radical and impractical proposition sets up a contrast that will favor Trump among most voters, including many black ones.*]('https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/one-truthful-democrat-emerges-to-call-out-partys-delusions/')
*[Throw in the nascent movement among black conservatives to escape what some call the Democrats’ “plantation,” and there is real fear on the left that their near-monopolistic hold on the black vote is in jeopardy. So, in a bid to trump Trump among black voters, Dems have decided that treating them as victims and giving them government handouts is the answer.]('https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/one-truthful-democrat-emerges-to-call-out-partys-delusions/')*
[*But again, the response is self-defeating because support for such a radical and impractical proposition sets up a contrast that will favor Trump among most voters, including many black ones.*]('https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/one-truthful-democrat-emerges-to-call-out-partys-delusions/')
CommodoreOriginal Crew9,821 postsSince 2018
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