Obama: I'd support reparations if it weren't for the massive white backlash that would ensue

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

You needed Biden to get Trump out the way. Spin it how you want but that’s what your actions showed

I got Trump out of my way. By voting his ass out and encouraging everyone I knew to vote his ass out. All Biden had to do was not F up a sure thing

 

[Luck]

And this is my issue with the reparations crew. You're right. You're not talking about anything passing because a) you literally aren't versed enough in how this works to know how to make legislation passed; and b) its a lot easier to sit up and complain instead of getting off your ass to make something happen.

If we aint discussing legislation passing to get us reparations, then why even discuss reparations at all? So we just talking to hear ourselves talk?

This is how I know none of yall are serious. Yall just ignorant folks who want something to complain about.

Any time someone like me says "well this is how we can make reparations happen since you're so concerned about it" here yall fools come talking about "make it happen? who said anything about making it happen? We don't wanna talk about legislation for reparations. We just wanna complain"

You’ve never seen me complain about reparations you goofy clown, I 100% agree that they’re owed though and enjoy seeing crackers loose there shyt about it. So miss me with that “crew” shyt. I don’t know nor give a fukk about you or anyone else here and I’ve made that abundantly clear more times that I should’ve.

On top of the fact that you’re moving the goal posts talking about some other silly ass shyt. Once again, since your too stupid to understand a simple concept...him actually having power, being afraid of and verbalizing not wanting hurt white people’s feelings is my issue.

Now since I have to deal with you like some dumbass bird that don’t comprehend simple shyt, don’t quote me again talking about shyt I’m not even commenting on. I know you fein for the attention so I’m not even wasting the time with this nonsense, back and forth anymore

 

[Piff Perkins]

Reparations will never happen in this country. Let's just get that out the way first.

But in terms of Obama's quote...is he wrong? Consider what the south did when Obamacare was passed. After the Supreme Court allowed states to opt in/out, nearly the entire south opted out of the Medicaid expansion. Despite the federal government offering to pay 90% of the costs. The reason? They didn't want to give healthcare to poor people...specifically black people. The south is where a very large portion of the black population lives. It took years for many of these states to expand Medicaid due to ballot measures.

We can barely expand healthcare in this country because a large portion of people are so angered by the idea of black people having healthcare. We gave people two (soon to be three) checks during a global pandemic, because so many people are angered at the idea of black people receiving money. Yet you think the government can just hand billions of dollars to black people exclusively and there won't be a white backlash? You're crazy. Just having a black president resulted in a whitelash that gave us Trump. What would the reparations whitelash look like lmao.

I think reparations could be done in one of the original ways, which was funneling money into urban areas for infrastructure (ie jobs). That's prob the only way it could be done, as a part of a larger bill. It wouldn't be called reparations.

 

[xoxodede]

Y'all stupid and don't understand the way any of this stuff works. As I told that fool @xoxodede... white ppl are the majority of this country. At best we are what, 16%? In order to pass reparations, there needs to be at least 51% of the country (at LEAST, probably more) supporting reparations.

Guess what? 51% of the country does NOT support reparations.

In order for us to get reparations, there would need to be an active movement to get at least 51% of the American ppl to support reparations.

There is no scenario where we get reparations without the assist from the greater white population.

Now with that being said... we can either (a) take this show on the road and start a nationwide tour to garner support for the cause and start to change hearts and minds and then once that's done, let the folks in congress know that we have support and now it's time to work on legislation.

Or (b) we can just sit back and complain.

THAT is how reparations will get passed. The only way.

There's no scenario where a president walks into office and with 85% of the country AGAINST reparations, makes it his top agenda task to get done. There is NO way that happens with 85% of the ppl against it.

I work in politics, yall don't. There has to be support from the ppl for that legislation to even get brought up in the halls of Congress or the white house without it being laughed off like a joke.

Again, please STFU.

Now you work in Politics? But you told me you work own a "Media strategy" company?

So, I am supposed to believe you from Detriot, voted Republican and now you work in Politics?

Drop some AA names, orgs and companies in the Black political/org circle in Detriot and/or surrounding areas you have worked with?

I interned with John Conyers Jr. when I was in undergrad when I was a Pre-Law major -- and still have my relationships in the city.

And when did the a big number of the population have to agree with something to PASS?

An active movement is now needed to get America to pass reparations? LOL... ok.

And what do you think Sandy Darity is doing -- and whether you like ADOS or not -- what they are doing? And MANY, many more who are joining in the conversation and push.

Why do you think Obama even made the comment? Cause, we are demanding the conversation to happen -- and many of us are not wavering.







And who is complaining? We are checking you on your dumb, uninformed comments.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

You’ve never seen me complain about reparations you goofy clown, I 100% agree that they’re owed though and enjoy seeing crackers loose there shyt about it. So miss me with that “crew” shyt. I don’t know nor give a fukk about you or anyone else here and I’ve made that abundantly clear more times that I should’ve.

On top of the fact that you’re moving the goal posts talking about some other silly ass shyt. Once again, since your too stupid to understand a simple concept...him actually having power, being afraid of and verbalizing not wanting hurt white people’s feelings is my issue.

Now since I have to deal with you like some dumbass bird that don’t comprehend simple shyt, don’t quote me again talking about shyt I’m not even commenting on. I know you fein for the attention so I’m not even wasting the time with this nonsense, back and forth anymore

I know you think that's dap worthy but again it just shows me that you a brainless hoe. So reparations is a joke, something to use to troll white folks, according to you.

Again that's the difference between me and dumb niccas like you. You aint really interested in reparations. You just want to use it to hit white folks with the

While me, if I'm gonna talk about it, I want to talk about legit ways to make it happen. If we aint talking about thst,then whats the point?

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Again, please STFU.

Now you work in Politics? But you told me you work own a "Media strategy" company?

So, I am supposed to believe you from Detriot, voted Republican and now you work in Politics?

You dumb hoe, look. You can search my posts on here where I've talked about my success in politics dozens of times. I dont cap like you. You make stuff up to look good on an anonymous site, not me.

 

[Left.A1]

I’m not reading all of that because it’s a waste of time. But based on what I saw at the end...

You don’t know what I’ve done. You don’t know me, lol. And trust when I say I’ve put in work. Physical work and mental work. Stay on the message board talking about something that you don’t know anything about. I’ll continue to effect change in my community and empower young black kids to actually make a difference.

If licking boots is what you call "work" i'm sure you're the CEO of that no question ... aside from that you're worthless and should stay away from other blacks as to avoid polluting their brains with your cowardly political mentality

In addition. I’ve already posted on this site my ideas for how to approach getting reparations. And it ain’t no check. It’s strategically worded legislation that doesn’t obviously benefit black people, but in practice, benefits black people more than anyone else. Once the balance of wealth starts to shift and black peoples start creating foundations of power, THAT is when you charge in wielding your sword. If you take your army of 100 against an army of 100,000, you’re leading your people to slaughter. Develop opportunities, develop wealth, develop power, destroy the opposition.

Clown.

Coward rambling doesn't even believe that blacks are owed cash...typical pathetic bootlicker

 

[Travelnomad]

He's not wrong. People can say what they want about Obama, but he has a very good understanding of how white people/American government work and their view toward black people as a whole.

Reparations will only get serious attention when white people get behind it and that's never because America doesn't see the issue with slavery. Human trafficking and exploitation is the foundation of its economic model and they are still limping by on it.

my issue with dude is he’s been doing this for a while now , he’s done it when it comes to the “ defunding the police “ snappy slogan , on how white folks may take that slogan . It’s weird to me but Obama does everything that he can to appease to white folks even when he’s not president anymore .
It’s like black people have to downgrade their struggles to make white people feel safe .

 

[Taco]

So Trump lying about the virus to protect his poll numbers didn't do any harm huh

The fact that you think a Dem wouldn’t is what I’m getting at. Cuomo was being praised up until recently when the facts came out. Remember when the media came out and said millions of American lives would be lost? With vaccines rolling out we’re not touching a million. If a dem was in office this would be a total success. With Trump it was a complete failure.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

@xoxodede regarding needing support for legislation... white folks can barely get white folks to agree to give white folks a measly 2k in the middle of one of the greatest economic crises of our lifetime. But white folks are gonna get white folks on board to get black ppl 100k+ each?

I thought you was stupid but you proving it now.

And again I fully believe reparations are possible... but not in this current climate. But you keep talking loud on the internet and keep sending in your dues to your leaders who spend more time beefing with other leaders than they do actually doing work. Let's see who gets the farthest

 

[Taco]

I think context was lost in what said or was meaning.

Basically, if it’s handle correctly from the start, the damage would’ve been more minimum just like every pandemic we had the last 40+ years

They said if the lockdowns started in Jan it would have saved about 30-40k lives. Subtract that from the overall and your view doesn’t change. You think millions marching in the streets wasn’t a big spreader of the virus? Whether it be rallies or protest that shyt was not a good idea during a pandemic.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

The fact that you think a Dem wouldn’t is what I’m getting at. Cuomo was being praised up until recently when the facts came out. Remember when the media came out and said millions of American lives would be lost? With vaccines rolling out we’re not touching a million. If a dem was in office this would be a total success. With Trump it was a complete failure.

They getting at Cuomo for fudging the numbers not pretending the virus wasn't real or dangerous.

And the fact that they're even getting at Cuomo in the first place is the difference between dems and Republicans. When dems find out one of their own has been caught engaging in foolery, they work hard to get that fool out the paint. Its a democratic AG and democratic controlled state house going after Cuomo the hardest.

Whereas Republicans can F up from now to forever and Republicans will pretend as if it didn't happen while giving the F up political cover and protection.

 

[Everythingg]

I got Trump out of my way. By voting his ass out and encouraging everyone I knew to vote his ass out. All Biden had to do was not F up a sure thing

More spin doctoring

You voted for a white man to help save you from another white man. Those are the facts. Now that black people are clamoring for what’s owed to them it’s
“You shouldn’t need white people for anything”

I guess you meant EXCEPT for saving you from Trump.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

More spin doctoring

You voted for a white man to help save you from another white man. Those are the facts. Now that black people are clamoring for what’s owed to them it’s
“You shouldn’t need white people for anything”

I guess you meant EXCEPT for saving you from Trump.

So I didn't vote? Don't the ppl choose who they want in office and who they want out of office?

I didn't choose?

I got off my ass and was the change that I wanted to see. I put in work getting folks to vote Trump out and I went and voted him out myself.

I saved myself from Trump.

 

[Taco]

They getting at Cuomo for fudging the numbers not pretending the virus wasn't real or dangerous.

And the fact that they're even getting at Cuomo in the first place is the difference between dems and Republicans. When dems find out one of their own has been caught engaging in foolery, they work hard to get that fool out the paint. Its a democratic AG and democratic controlled state house going after Cuomo the hardest.

Whereas Republicans can F up from now to forever and Republicans will pretend as if it didn't happen while giving the F up political cover and protection.

Which notable dems have they got out the paint?