This is what's beyond me. If we're talking about reparations for slavery then why wouldn't the descendants be the designees?This is why ADOS is advocating for lineage-based reparations and not figuring out who is "Black"
A lot of white folk in America have trace African ancestry from the slave era so that would be counterproductive.^ like they did the native Americans. White people ain't.
One way to fix this is DNA test and also great grandparents.
White people don't have over 80% African DNA plus great grandparent slaves.A lot of white folk in America have trace African ancestry from the slave era so that would be counterproductive.
That's why I said trace ancestry. Didn't know 80% was the threshold.White people don't have over 80% African DNA plus great grandparent slaves.
If your ancestors were enslaved in America than America owes you, if they were enslaved in the Caribbean then you gotta talk to Britain, France and Spain.This is what's beyond me. If we're talking about reparations for slavery then why wouldn't the descendants be the designees?
I think people are too caught up in treating these acronyms like some silver bullet or golden key when the fact is it didn't matter when they knew exactly who was owed, and a majority don't care who you're talking about or how it's coined.
You're making my point breh. It's been 4 years and people are still mulling over that point, stalling progress and even battling each other over which term will "work".If your ancestors were enslaved in America than America owes you, if they were enslaved in the Caribbean then you gotta talk to Britain, France and Spain.
Its that simple lets not act like folks dont know what Island they came from, they shout it out every chance they get so to now all of a sudden claim to be Black or American when its convenient is bs.
I wonder if the government would go after them like they did with people and PPE loansRachel Dolezal's are going to start popping out of nowhere in droves and people who look like Sofia Vergara are going to call themselves Afro-Latinos.