Time to be single issue voters in Democratic Primaries: The Official Reparations 2019 / 20 Thread

[Donald J Trump]

So you're saying if option A was getting a check for $10k (with the hitch being that it would never come) and option B was getting $10K in tax relief, you'd choose option A?

im saying why is settling for “tax relief” a win for 400 years of oppression

aw naw we all even now, we got tax relief yall


FOH

 

[Reality]

im saying why is settling for “tax relief” a win for 400 years of oppression

aw naw we all even now, we got tax relief yall


FOH

It's literally the same cashflow breh.

 

[Donald J Trump]

It's literally the same cashflow breh.

fukk all lat
slave owners got cash
slaves didnt get cash


i want cash

 

[Reality]

Kamala Harris on Reparations:

 

[saturn7]

Admittedly I'm of the reparations will never happen crowd, but I do think a better case can be made for such around talking points not associated directly with slavery. When white people say they've never owned any slaves, it's a fair point even if they are disingenuous. Still, their bullsh!t aside, the damage that was done in the past several decades have put us at a tremendous disadvantage that warrants not only assistance but punitive damages. When I think about what whites have done in this country, slavery is not the first thing that comes to my mind.

Fukk these devils feelings. There is no way to dance away from that issue. Black folks have always had to live with the impacts of slavery. These white Americans who benefited from it should be made to face it too!

 

[HarlemHottie]

Yep. I think we can't ignore slavery and the horrible immediate impact it had to African Americans as well as the long term impact, but it gives white people an out on at least three fronts:

• "But most white people didn't own slaves"
• "But that was 400 years ago" (It wasn't)
• "But how would you even know who's a descendant of slaves?"

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I disagree. The wealth created by our ancestors enriched everyone but them, even those who just arrived yesterday.