DamnYankee
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- Apr 2, 2009
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Doing another STUDY of the history of slavery in the USA has been done, so that's just absurd.
As to reparations?
Not gonna happen.
The time to have compensated the former slaves was soon after they were freed from bondage.
Now about the best we can do is create opportunity to the economically disadvantaged in this nation regardless of what their race.
We've been doing a pisspoor job of that for decades now, and I have great confidence we'll continue to do a piss poor job of it in the future.
Prtty much ... hell, what pisses me off is that half my ancestors were nowhere near this country when it happened and the other half came here about half way through that mess, and they even want MY taxes spent on this bullshit.
Even if you family had been slave holders till 1865, it would be absurd.
There is not way in hell that reparations can be given that works.
How would it work?
If you're light black you get less than if you're back as coal?
The whole idea of black reparations NOW is preposeterous.
I am convinced that this is just one of the WEDGE ISSUES that keeps coming up to keep the races in constant opposition to each other.
How about CLASS reparations, instead?
Why don't ideas to compensation those who were screwed based on class ever come up?
Because CLASSISM is the crime that dare not speak its name in America, that's why.
The masters LIKE us to have racial problems, folks.
Racism keep people from looking at how classist our society really is.
How about because Congress has no class?