15% of White Americans against reparations; only 48% approve a national apology for slavery

[I Really Mean It]

Lori Statzer needs her wig split.

 

[Geode]

"15% of White Americans against reparations" That sounds like a win for blacks...

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Are you asking me to provide proof that Random Signals Theory exists

I see you are unfamiliar with flat earth squad.

For now the answer is yes, you are about to breakdown stochastic processes only to have them dismissed 2 posts later.

 

[ahdsend]

Slavery reparations poll: Nearly 75% of African Americans support reparations. Only 15% of white Americans do - CNN

Slavery is a horrific, irremovable stain on US history. But Americans disagree on how to handle its legacy.

While nearly 75% of black respondents in an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said they believe the US government should pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved black people, just 15% of white participants supported the idea.

Overall, about 29% of the people questioned support reparations, or payment to African Americans whose family members were slaves, according to the poll conducted in September of nearly 1,300 black, white and Hispanic Americans.

Reparations have been adopted as a talking point among Democratic presidential hopefuls. But there's little consensus among average Americans.

The underwhelming support for reparations is most evident among the white people who were questioned, and just over half -- 54% -- said they believe the history of slavery continues to impact black Americans "a great deal."

Meanwhile, 83% of black respondents said slavery still deeply affects them.

More -- but still less than half of those polled -- said the government should issue an official apology for slavery.

Age was indicative of participants' beliefs, too: Those over 60 were the least likely age group to support reparations at 16%, compared to 45% of 18- to 29-year-olds.

The US government is split on reparations

The renewed interest in reparations was the impetus for this poll, Jennifer Benz, research scientist and deputy director of the AP-NORC Center, told CNN.

The government has taken small steps toward formally addressing the concept this year. The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on reparations on Juneteenth, the June 19 holiday that celebrates the end of slavery.

But the day before the hearing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he opposed paying reparations, arguing that "none of us currently living are responsible" for what he called America's "original sin."

Many Democratic candidates for president have voiced support for reparations, but few of them have explained how they'd implement it or what forms it would take. Marianne Williamson is one of the only candidates to propose direct cash payouts to descendants of slaves, suggesting up to $500 billion in payments.

While the poll can't account for differences in beliefs among different race and age demographics, Benz said that over time, as the demographics that support reparations occupy a larger segment of the population, "support may also continue to increase" for those measures.

The legacy of slavery

To supporters of reparations, the idea that slavery's impacts are not widely felt some 150 years after it was abolished is a pervasive myth.

Slavery has molded institutions like capitalism, health care, culture and politics and created persistent wealth gaps between black and white Americans, said Chuck Collins, author and program director at the Institute for Policy Studies.

"People say 'slavery was so long ago' or 'my family didn't own slaves.' But the key thing to understand is that the unpaid labor of millions -- and the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow laws, discrimination in mortgage lending and a race-based system of mass incarceration -- created uncompensated wealth for individuals and white society as a whole," he told CNN in April.

Collins said he's found that the median wealth of a white household is 41 times greater than the median wealth of a black family -- $147,000 versus $3,600.

"Immigrants with European heritage directly and indirectly benefited from this system of white supremacy. The past is very much in the present."

What could reparations look like?

There's no equation for reparations, but various academics, lawyers and activists have guessed -- based on formulations on the total value of slave labor to the US economy over about 250 years -- that the payments would fall anywhere between $17 billion and $5 trillion.

It's unclear who or what would pay for reparations, but some have suggested that federal and state governments, private companies and wealthy families who owned slaves could be made to pay, since all supported and benefited from slavery.

Reparations could take on different forms, too: They could be delivered as land or through special social programs instead of direct payment, and some politicians have discussed developing tax credits for low-income families and "baby bonds" to pay for children's college tuition, but neither of those measures would be exclusive to black families.

Some institutions have already taken measures to repent for ties to slavery: Seminaries in New Jersey and Virginia have pledged millions of dollars in reparations to the descendants of slaves who worked on their campuses.

 

[killacal]

Plenty of revolutions have been won by a minority that was outgunned. Ever heard of Vietnam? Cuba? The Revolutionary War?

Only a dumb ass with a YouTube education would think these were attainable in america

 

[audemarzz]

I purposely ignored this thread because who the fukk cares what non-ados think regarding reparations, and I expected defeatist conversation to be taking place you nikkas better keep that same energy around other black folks and never be bold or speak against another black person another day in your lives.

You a timid tammy around other groups you better be a timid tammy around us as well, none of this fake brolic shyt.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

But I bet most of em want to say nikka to their heart's content.

Our only hope is politics, otherwise it's over with folks. Even Native Americans would vote against this. That's some unfilitered hate for you

 

[Nemesis]

although I was born in the states Im African , even though Im not ADOS it goes deeper than slavery ....

They need to cut the cheque , but thats only half the fukking story , because while it may play a small part in addressing historical injustices ( and as Im concerned it doesnt , those wealthy families and corporations that became rich from slavery need to personally be held financially accountable , assets should be seized ............what about fukking now ? what about the present day injustices

Because even though you may not be slaves any more these crackers are still doing the utmost to ensure that you will never be more than a second class citizen in a country that was built off the sweat of your ancestors smh

 

[Unknown Poster]

This doesn't suprise me at all.

Anytime you bring up slavery and reparations to white folks they always trying to squirm out of taking responsibility or accountability for racism and white supremacy while still benefitting from it. Or they try to change the subject. Or they deflect to something else completely unrelated.

"I wasn't responsible for that...those weren't my ancestors...just pull yourself up by the bootstraps...muh family never owned slaves...black people sold each other into slavery"
As if that's some sort of get out of jail free card for contributing to a racist society.

It's not like they're actively trying to help black people out...or trying to dismantle the system of racism and white supremacy...they just want to continue to be on the right side of it.

This is why I don't even talk about race to white people...they don't get it and never will. And if that's the case, what are you even good for?
If you want to dismiss racism by skirting away from any sort of accountability? Why can't you admit you'd be nothing without it?

What are you without racism?
Are you special?
Are you unique?
Did you really work hard for all the things you think you deserve? Or was it just handed to you?
Are you really that great?
Do you really stand out?

 

[Unknown Poster]

although I was born in the states Im African , even though Im not ADOS it goes deeper than slavery ....

They need to cut the cheque , but thats only half the fukking story , because while it may play a small part in addressing historical injustices ( and as Im concerned it doesnt , those wealthy families and corporations that became rich from slavery need to personally be held financially accountable , assets should be seized ............what about fukking now ? what about the present day injustices

Because even though you may not be slaves any more these crackers are still doing the utmost to ensure that you will never be more than a second class citizen in a country that was built off the sweat of your ancestors smh

White Americans are different kind of evil.

They'll tell black folks to "pull themselves up by the bootstraps" all while cutting those bootstraps.
They'll tell black folks that "education is the key to success" all while changing the locks on the doors..
They'll tell black folks that "racism is in the past" all while sabotaging the present so the future looks grim.

They REFUSE to admit that they're success wasn't earned, or worked for, it was the result of profitting from slavery and colonialism and exacting laws to fukk over black folks. They've spent so much time trying to put black ppl in America as a permanent underclass/servant class.

So okay...forget about slavery for a second (kind of hard considering it was centuries long)...what about police brutality, what about environmental racism, what about white flight and redlining? What about discrimination in healthcare, housing, employment? So black Americans don't deserve any restitution from dealing with those? Or living in crime ridden low income communities? You know how many black people have some sort of PTSD from that?

That's why I hate America, it's disgusting. White folk wanna act all friendly and moral, then stuff like this comes out, then you remember these the same people that was having lynching parties and shyt...I just wanna see justice for Black folks, and this country refuses to give it out.

 

[EndGame]

Idgaf about an apology? We talking about reparations, how the fukk did apology enter this conversation?