I am quite sure no one living in 1980 was alive when the U.S.government made the Fort Laramie treaty with the Sioux Nation or were participants in Custers violation of that treaty. But in 1980, the government of the United States decided reparations were due to the Sioux Nation for what was done to them in the 1800’s. They awarded the Sioux nation 105 million dollars.
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
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Then there is Cobell v. Salazar where Native Americans were awarded 3.4 billion in 2009 for damages resulting from the Dawes Act of 1887.
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And the shit didn't stop in the 1860's. It went on by written law until 1964. And even when the law was passed whites still continue not following it.
“I can say for sure that happens because I did it. Before retirement, I was an Engineer. For the last 20 years of my career, I was a Manager and Director and I hired hundreds of people. I reviewed well over a thousand resumes for all kinds of positions. Everything from Secretaries to Engineering Managers. Both Salary and Hourly. I always culled out the resumes with Black Ethnic names. Never shortlisted anybody with a Black Ethnic name. Never hired them.” -Flash, 2020
And Flash is one of millions.
“In five of the six redistricting cycles since 1960, the U.S.Department of Justice or federal courts have found that Alabama’s legislative districts — congressional, state, or both — violate the rights of voters under the U.S.Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.”
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The quote below is written by members of the National Conferenceof Black Lawyers, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers,and the National Lawyers Guild as part of the Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence against Peopleof African Descent in the U.S., on page sixteen:
“The Commissioners find a prima facie case of Crimes against Humanity warranting an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The crimes under the Rome Statute include: Murder, Severe Deprivation of Physical Liberty, Torture, Persecution of people of African descent, and other Inhumane Acts, which occurred in the context of a widespread or systematic attack directed against the civilian population of Black people in the U.S.”
This ain't just about 1860 and its time whites so called conservatives stopped repeating that lie. The problems continue now and the precedent has been set for reparations due to past danage. Some of you have wisecracks but not one of you has researched this so you understand just how stupid and lacking in merit your argument is. Whites have been given handouts 8 times, you all have benefitted from those handouts at a minimum of a tertiary level.
The 1830 Indian Removal Act With the help of the U.S. Army, Cherokee, Creek and other eastern Native American tribes were forced to relocate west of the
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You are responsible for fixing the damage caused by your ancestors. Instead, you want to continue benefitting from an ill gotten advantage. You guys don't get it. This thing will be righted one way or the other. America will either pay reparations, or it will be destroyed. You guys are ignoring laws that supercede mans little constitution and the ultimate supreme court justice.