BET founder Robert Johnson calls for $14 trillion of reparations for slavery

[Amerikan Melanin]

Giving a cash infusion to every american black person would change the world overnight. Literally.

 

[wongzini]

All im saying is Having 14000 more black black billionaires would have greater impact on the disparity than having 14 trillion more black middle class people even though the amount of cash is seemingly the same. Like i said before 14 trillion would help, but ultimately its only enough for one or two generations of change given our current disparity. We need enough where we could realistically keep the majority of the dollars in our community, 14 trillion isnt enough.

@14,000 Billionaires?

We would be on some Wakanda shyt then.
There is only like 2,200 billionaires in the whole world and only 600 in the U.S.

edit.

We would have 10 percent of the cash. Not wealth, thats not how it works. We have more black billionaires and millionaires than ever the wealth gap is still trending downwards. The wealth is determined by how we utilize the dollars, not by simply having it. Unless we pooled all that money and did something major with it 99 percent of the wealth would still be white. The average of white households you keep alluding to is still just an average. That everyone from trailer trash to Bill gates.

The thing is with that money most would be given the opportunity to buy homes which thats where a major part of wealth that white households have sit. That's just the leg up to put us on more equal footing which would likely last more than couple generations.

 

[Luke Cage]

The thing is with that money most would be given the opportunity to buy homes which thats where a major part of wealth that white households have sit. That's just the leg up to put us on more equal footing which would likely last more than couple generations.



@14,000 Billionaires?

We would be on some Wakanda shyt then.
There is only like 2,200 billionaires in the whole world and only 600 in the U.S.

My math may been off admittedly, i did that in my head but argument is still same

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

Not enough

add free college ...fully funded hbcu’s ....finance them like y’all finance Israel

free healthcare ...(the wealth divide forced many black citizens to live in areas infested with fast food and no healthy options leading to lopsided cases of diabetes and hypertension. Etc )

LAND! Cut up some land out west and let black folks create new settlements to prosper and chill with their 14 trillion away from white folks

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Naw, the average cac ain't broke broke. Stop that nonsense.

He’s right. The top 20% of Americans hold 86% of the nations wealth.
The top 1% owns 43% of the entire wealth of the nation.

there are a lot of broke white people out here trust me

 

[#1 pick]

He’s right. The top 20% of Americans hold 86% of the nations wealth.
The top 1% owns 43% of the entire wealth of the nation.

there are a lot of broke white people out here trust me

Naw, I grew up around broke cacs, they aren't the same as broke nikkas.

 

[Keep_It_Hip_Hop_Fam]

14 trillion? How fam?

These fukkers don’t even wanna spend a quarter of that to save The economy now.

They'll give us when we start dismantling everything our ancestors built.

We are owed a debt and it's long overdue. This isn't negotiable.

There are psychological factors, among many other factors, our people are still dealing with to this day. Enough of this kindly asking for shyt.

 

[southern.girl]

Had a meeting the other day about this with several colleagues from different departments. Because this is the type of shyt people in my circle do when we bored.

This whole conversation started because several professors have been pushing the idea that protest/revolutionary moments like these need to be leveraged for real change. So somebody had the bright idea to draw up a list of systemic reforms necessary and we will submit it to local senators and house representatives and Biden’s think tank.

Here’s what we’ve come up with so far.
In addition to a cash payout (didn’t decide on a number yet), we need the following reforms:

1.) Juvenile Justice System

-We need the identification of white supremacist groups as national terrorist threat.

-Investigation of all local law enforcement officer records, and removal of any with racist and/or other misconducts. Removal of commissioners who hired or failed to discipline racist officers.

-Mandatory non-violence de-escalation training and racial sensitivity training for police officers. Programming and grants geared towards increasing black male and females in law enforcement.

-Criminal decriminalization of marijuana. Release of all prisoners convicted of non-violent possession charges.

-Grants to provide a network of quality lawyers and legal representative teams specifically for African American communities. (Idea from a law professor who said legal representation is a huge part of why so many blks are behind bars.)

-Investigation of judges and removal of judges with demonstrated history of racism.

-De-privatization of jails and prisons. (I dunno what this is about.)

-Expansion of Mandatory prison training programs. During time served, prisoners select a career path and receive training and certification in their perspective careers. Mandatory therapeutic counseling programs, and transitional behavior training to provide newly released prisoners with support on their reintergration back into society.

-Federal Hate Crime Registry-Operates just like the Sex Offenders registry. If you engage in racial hate crimes such as false police calls on blacks, false rape accusations, racially motivated crimes, you will be convicted and branded. This record will be considered before job/housing offers. (Fukk u Karen)

-Mandatory culturally responsive behavior management training and instructional training incorporated into all teacher college preparation programs and licensing pathways for k-12 and early childhood instructors and administrators.

2.) Healthcare
(We need more input here)
-Free healthcare and counseling for all African Americans (but would you trust it?)

3.) Education
-Student Loan forgiveness for African American Students separate from reparations payout

-AA students attend college for free.

-Increased directed funding to African American k-12 schools.

-Mandatory changes to the curriculum to include emphasis on African American and Africana studies infused within all disciplines.

-Inclusion of k-12 and adult financial literacy training classes to be completed.

-Programs to increase black teachers and school leaders

-Grants to eliminate book deserts.

-Grants to revitalize blk schools and renewed interest and funding of the arts.

-Mandatory early childhood training

-Parental and family counseling

4.) Environment
-Persecution of big businesses and companies that dump toxic waste and trash into poor and black communities.
-Special grants given to black agriculturalists and conservationists.

5.) Homeownership (these ideas come from a professor of urban development)

-Establish a federal investigation into the impact of racism on black homeownership and city development.

-Pending results of investigation charges filed against any entities blocking or attempting to block black homeownership or business development.

-Elimination of redlining tactics

-Zero percent interest rates and down payment assistance for black homebuyers.

-Government incentives for development of quality affordable housing communities using sustainable materials.

-40 Acres and A Mule program-Blacks who wish to be off the grid homesteaders receive training, funding, and assistance to create independent homesteader communities (blk Amish)

-Government revitalization of black neighborhoods and city development for better urban communities.

-Expansion of carefully planned public transportation systems developed for convenience for black communities.

-Subsidies and tax breaks provided to healthy grocers and businesses developed in black communities.

-Rent to own programs to help blacks who rent in their transition to home ownership.

Black Economics
- Free lifetime financial planning for all African Americans
-Black credit reset-All African Americans with credit scores below 600 are reset at 650.
-Government subsidies and tax breaks for black caretakers of the elderly
-Mandatory job guarantee stipulation from educational and certification institutes for African American students.
-Establishment of black unions to protect rights of black workers

One economics professor indicated that these changes would actually STIMULATE the overall American economy and create jobs this paying for reparations themselves. More on the way. Any suggestions will be discussed too. Just ideas for now. Some are compiling research to support these ideas.

The money is only a start.

+ tighter margins rule for jail sentencing to reduce racial bias with judges

+ overhaul on racism in the medical field to reduce higher rates of death in black women during childbirth

+ another program, separate from affirmative action, that exclusively recruits and hires ADOS across all income brackets

+ corporate tax credits tied to % of hired & retained ADOS across all income brackets

+ tax credits tied to hiring non violent ADOS that have already served their jail time

+ higher recruitment for black & ADOS people to enter police force

+ abolish arbitrary fees paid to probation officers (?) after one gets out of jail

+ mandatory audits with corporations to ensure no pay discrepancy by race

 

[southern.girl]

Here lies the problem. Systematic racism effects every black American.

America’s wealth was started on the foundation of slavery. As an example, during slavery, the state of Mississippi ranked in the top 5 GDP against other countries.

Most immigration, or at least black immigration, peaked after 1965. For one, this group missed several generations of slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow, etc. Why do some immigrants feel entitled to reparations when they missed the first 335 years, out of our 400 years oppression, in this country?

Furthermore, I don’t think anyone should dismiss the fact that ADOS are the only group that did not choose to come to America. Choice is a very important factor. As an example, choice is the difference between consenting sex and rape. So while black people have similar experiences in America, we are still a different group of people...and it’s okay to acknowledge that.

 

[Keep_It_Hip_Hop_Fam]

The figure has to be much higher than $375'000 per black person.

If we factor in how many millions/billions slave owners were compensated, there's no way each black person should only get 375'000. But I agree with the premise of Bob Johnson.

Time for America, UK and Europe to pay up.