ADOS, what's the minimum cash payment you would accept for reparations? (poll included)

[At30wecashout]

Thats how it should be handled if you wanna go the everybody gets a check route. There are plenty of people who would settle for 10K. Should they not be allowed to get their money because some folks wanna hold out for millions?


But then when I said everyone shouldnt get a check. And that the money should only be given to people with plans,ideas,willingness to relocate that will benefit the black collective. People had a problem and said I had no right to tell black people how their money should be used. Well,what right do you have to stop black people from taking their 10K and running?

Nope. All this hemming and hawing for reparations, it should be life-changing money of the sort where you can course correct overnight if you had a plan. If we bytch and moan for a check, not voting for otherwise good politicians because “they do nothing for us” amounts to “I didnt get a check”, and finally come to the penultimate conclusion of reparations, it has to be something people can really build off of. 10k can be gobbled up by personal decisions (debt being the big one) but wont let someone have the capital to shape their legacy going forward if they have sense. Enough of our people, real talk, would piss a 10k check away that it wouldnt make a difference in the grand scheme. If everyone had say 100k(still not enough), a lot of us with foresight can immediately get that money working on various positive initiatives.

If we in for a penny, we in for a pound on this reparations shyt. There would not be a chance to go “hold up, we didnt ask for enough. More please!”

 

[TripleAgent]

Nope. All this hemming and hawing for reparations, it should be life-changing money of the sort where you can course correct overnight if you had a plan. If we bytch and moan for a check, not voting for otherwise good politicians because “they do nothing for us” amounts to “I didnt get a check”, and finally come to the penultimate conclusion of reparations, it has to be something people can really build off of. 10k can be gobbled up by personal decisions (debt being the big one) but wont let someone have the capital to shape their legacy going forward if they have sense. Enough of our people, real talk, would piss a 10k check away that it wouldnt make a difference in the grand scheme. If everyone had say 100k(still not enough), a lot of us with foresight can immediately get that money working on various positive initiatives.

If we in for a penny, we in for a pound on this reparations shyt. There would not be a chance to go “hold up, we didnt ask for enough. More please!”

Correct. We need ALL our bread, even if it's not a lump sum, or it won't do anything on a mass scale.

 

[At30wecashout]

Correct. We need ALL our bread, even if it's not a lump sum, or it won't do anything on a mass scale.

Yea i'm not a reparations or couch guy as you already know, but if that shyt comes, it has to be comprehensive. As others have said, and you may disagree, the best forms won't even necessarily be cash payments BUT if cash payments are the extent of it, it has to count. There won't be a second shot. Getting comprehensive reparations basically gives us the tools to shape the next 50+ years of Black American's destiny AND we would be able to weather some of the upcoming issues such as Climate Change and how those costs disproportionately affect poor blacks.

 

[Still Benefited]

Nope. All this hemming and hawing for reparations, it should be life-changing money of the sort where you can course correct overnight if you had a plan. If we bytch and moan for a check, not voting for otherwise good politicians because “they do nothing for us” amounts to “I didnt get a check”, and finally come to the penultimate conclusion of reparations, it has to be something people can really build off of. 10k can be gobbled up by personal decisions (debt being the big one) but wont let someone have the capital to shape their legacy going forward if they have sense. Enough of our people, real talk, would piss a 10k check away that it wouldnt make a difference in the grand scheme. If everyone had say 100k(still not enough), a lot of us with foresight can immediately get that money working on various positive initiatives.

If we in for a penny, we in for a pound on this reparations shyt. There would not be a chance to go “hold up, we didnt ask for enough. More please!”

I agree completely it should be COMMUNITY CHANGING money. And thats the very reason I dont believe everyone should just be handed a check.

The only difference in our viewpoint is that you actually put faith in the assimilated/genetically modified version of black people in this country. A group who dont have knowledge of self as a collective. Your just hopeful the few that do would actually make a dent in creating something substantial and lasting. You really wanna chance once in a lifetime, community changing money on "hope"?

You havent truly considered the possibility that the bullshyt and nonsense within our communities would be multiplied by × 100 due to the money. And the few who did something positive would be completely negated. And im not saying most of our people are bad. But as you can see ignorance is already amplified over everything else. No reason to think that would change.


We need a tribunal of righteous black men who could get the reperations. Build up localized black communities,build infrastructre and give money to business that can facilitate that. If you dont have a plan to contribute to that,you simply wouldnt recieve any money.


Anybody whos against this you would have to ask. Is it really about the community or about themselves? And if its about them,its precisely why they arent ready to recieve a check,application denied

 

[Cobalt Sire]

College is already free if you go to community college. I'm also hearing that a lot of people can't do anything with their degrees anyway. That's not reparations. A lot of taxes go into improving local communities, so the no taxes thing is a set up. Let's stick to cash reparations. Y'all in here remixing reparations more than White supremacists. Are you trying to give Black people a bad deal? This thread alone seems like the op was sent by a political entity to gather data.

 

[Still Benefited]

My point was if your just going to hand out checks to any ol body based on race or lineage. Whether its a 10K check or a million dollar check wont truly matter. The money will go right back to the banks that fund our oppression. And in the end no black community will be build. Just black people living in mansions among indians and cacs. Shopping at the finest non black restaurants,wearing and driving the finest european brands as a status symbol. If thats what we doing let people do it with 20K if they desire. The rest can wait for their million to put back in the Europeans hands,it wont matter.

The only difference is that at least some black people would have some fun and come up if thats all we worried about. Because if it was set up where you could settle for 10K and drop out of the suit. That would be more likely to be approved,and some would benefit.And that could be done on a state level even

 

[Sad Bunny]

Imma need a milli.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Thats how it should be handled if you wanna go the everybody gets a check route. There are plenty of people who would settle for 10K. Should they not be allowed to get their money because some folks wanna hold out for millions?


But then when I said everyone shouldnt get a check. And that the money should only be given to people with plans,ideas,willingness to relocate that will benefit the black collective. People had a problem and said I had no right to tell black people how their money should be used. Well,what right do you have to stop black people from taking their 10K and running?

Ppl will not try to benefit the Black collective
They'll be out for themselves

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

I’m coming back to address some c00ning and defeatism in this thread.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Every ADOS should get at least 1 M

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Thats how it should be handled if you wanna go the everybody gets a check route. There are plenty of people who would settle for 10K. Should they not be allowed to get their money because some folks wanna hold out for millions?


But then when I said everyone shouldnt get a check. And that the money should only be given to people with plans,ideas,willingness to relocate that will benefit the black collective. People had a problem and said I had no right to tell black people how their money should be used. Well,what right do you have to stop black people from taking their 10K and running?

nikka shut up.

 

[HarlemHottie]

Free college and school vouchers would dwarf any direct cash payments if we’re being honest.

• Down payment guarantees for homes
• Free higher education
• Interest free business loans
• Free trade schools
• An additional retirement benefit that kicks in earlier (since we have shorter life expectancies)
• Free healthcare from a premium provider

This “pay me” attitude is some selfish boomer shyt that won’t benefit anyone to come behind you

The free school thing is bullshyt. Why? Because no one will hire us. Bp who already have the education need capital so that we can hire us. fukk a business loan, we WAS the business loan.

Let me explain something, black people, my kin. We get nowhere half stepping. That's not even proper negotiation. You supposed to start high. Stop devaluing the labor of our ancestors. Its not about what the white man wants to give. If we gaf about what he wanted, we would still be sharecropping.

I don't even get the point of this thread and lowkey agree with the breh @Cobalt Sire that this is some kinda data mining thing. We have black economists who have already worked out the numbers. Who cares what the coli think?

I’m coming back to address some c00ning and defeatism in this thread.

Please do and thank you. ❤

 

[Pressure]

The free school thing is bullshyt. Why? Because no one will hire us.

I'm from the hood in NC.

College allowed me to travel the world and land a FAANG job before 30.

 

[horizon]

You can tell who’d rather have dinner with Jay-Z than take the money. And then swear it’s everyone else that’s financially illiterate

 

[Phitz]

you all claiming cash reparations, you need to tread lightly, your dollar is getting weak. If you go that route you're better served asking for it in Pounds or Euros or gold/silver or land. Knowing how govt like to scam they give you the cash payout when the dollar is not worth much and inflation is worse.

Take your time looking for cash as land, gold or silver or higher foreigh currency is your best route. If you DO go for a different currency your best bet is to partner with foreign descendents of slaved, theirs would definitely be in Euros or Pounds both of which are worth more than the dollar.