You cannot pay someone simply because of the color of their skin.
"A UMass Amherst poll from April 2011 found that although 86% of blacks said they supported the idea of reparations, only 28% of whites said so.
How could there not be resentment generated from a policy that is massively skewed? Poor whites paying reparations to rich blacks would create a breeding ground for new racial resentment.
Moreover, it’s a laughable idea that simply writing a check to every black person in America suddenly will make the condition of black people here better forever.
To be clear, slavery remains a great moral and spiritual failing of the United States. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that failing, or the role of race in American history.
But do proponents of reparations really think that just tossing a few bucks to every black person will pay for all of slavery? No, of course not. Reparations are a political weapon that race hustlers such as Coates and Sharpton periodically can wield to assert their will on feckless white leaders who don’t want to be called racist.
Popular radio host Charlamagne tha God, who is black, let the mask slip during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” back in March 2021.
“There is really no price point you could put on reparations for slavery,” the radio host said. “Like none. There’s no number you can put on what my ancestors went through in this country.”
That’s the obvious truth. He’s right in the sense that there’s no way to pay financially for centuries of slavery. Instead, the best way to make up for the sins of the past is to make a better future.
As opposed to considering unpopular and racist policies such as reparations, lawmakers should focus on policies that would make a marked difference in the lives of the Americans they claim to want to help."
Clearly this is yet another attempt by Democrats to cause resentment and divisions.
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- Blacks do not belong to a tribe that had land ownership.
- Many of them can't even tell you who their real parents are, so how are they going to prove their ancestors were slaves?
- You cannot be paid for someone else's suffering. You have to prove a tort.
- You cannot claim the only reason you sit on the couch and drink beer every day is because the white man made you do it.
- The only thing that's going to happen is the leftists in CA will make all kinds of promises and blame whites when they don't pay up.
"A UMass Amherst poll from April 2011 found that although 86% of blacks said they supported the idea of reparations, only 28% of whites said so.
How could there not be resentment generated from a policy that is massively skewed? Poor whites paying reparations to rich blacks would create a breeding ground for new racial resentment.
Moreover, it’s a laughable idea that simply writing a check to every black person in America suddenly will make the condition of black people here better forever.
To be clear, slavery remains a great moral and spiritual failing of the United States. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that failing, or the role of race in American history.
But do proponents of reparations really think that just tossing a few bucks to every black person will pay for all of slavery? No, of course not. Reparations are a political weapon that race hustlers such as Coates and Sharpton periodically can wield to assert their will on feckless white leaders who don’t want to be called racist.
Popular radio host Charlamagne tha God, who is black, let the mask slip during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” back in March 2021.
“There is really no price point you could put on reparations for slavery,” the radio host said. “Like none. There’s no number you can put on what my ancestors went through in this country.”
That’s the obvious truth. He’s right in the sense that there’s no way to pay financially for centuries of slavery. Instead, the best way to make up for the sins of the past is to make a better future.
As opposed to considering unpopular and racist policies such as reparations, lawmakers should focus on policies that would make a marked difference in the lives of the Americans they claim to want to help."
Clearly this is yet another attempt by Democrats to cause resentment and divisions.
LINKS
Calls for Reparations Are Back, Again. It's Still a Terrible Idea.
Calls for reparations, the idea that black Americans today are owed compensation for slavery, are just as ill-advised and divisive as ever.
www.dailysignal.com
