I don't remember having the word "excuses" anywhere in my post. However, the mental backlash of slavery and the oppression which has followed ever since then effects us all. If you don't see the effect years of oppression, systemic and otherwise, have had on blacks I don't know what country you are living in but it must not be America. And reperations have nothing to do with making someone "feel" better. And why would reperations through the implementation of programs cause economic failure. I'm not saying write blacks a check, for what? The idea of giving reperations to blacks is not new (40 acres and a mule?) It's just the fact that blacks have yet to receive them. This country would definately not be what it is without the labor of our ancestors.
I don't remember having the word "excuses" anywhere in my post. However, the mental backlash of slavery and the oppression which has followed ever since then effects us all. If you don't see the effect years of oppression, systemic and otherwise, have had on blacks I don't know what country you are living in but it must not be America. And reperations have nothing to do with making someone "feel" better. And why would reperations through the implementation of programs cause economic failure. I'm not saying write blacks a check, for what? The idea of giving reperations to blacks is not new (40 acres and a mule?) It's just the fact that blacks have yet to receive them. This country would definately not be what it is without the labor of our ancestors.
we spent billions upon billions a day on a bogus war
yet giving Blacks money would crumble the US economy?
get the **** outta here u confused sellout
Uhhhh...
Is this even, serious? The government can't pay anyone, since the government wasn't the practitioner of slavery. The government is run by a set of unbiased bylaws, that in of itself allows only for interpretation. The interpreters of such (i.e. those who interperet at the time) are those who are guilty of **** such law and would pay your reperations.
Genius Change! I love how you think so linear.
Why would the government pay for anything it didn't directly do?
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However, the mental backlash of slavery and the oppression which has followed ever since then effects us all.
First off, how? Second off, how can anyone be THAT weak? Third off, why would they get reperations?
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And why would reperations through the implementation of programs cause economic failure
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You think African-Americans would be the only "rightful" recievers? How would they be stationed out to the Korean camps? Obviously that was vastly more subtle than slavery but how do you break funding there "Oh, well since, this black dude has 10 generations that were slaves and you only have 2, we will give him 100% tuition and we'll give you 20%?"
Again, why would the government pay for any of that crap? The government can not, in and of itself, discriminate/enslave anyone. Those who misinterpreted the law and set it as regular practice are the ones who would be paying these reperations, and I'm not too sure Jim Crowe Jr. can exactly afford to pay your college tuition.
Reperation in the US of A is broken. It will never happen because it won't be allowed, by guess who, the government. It will break the Bill of/Miranda Rights by ordering people to PAY other people for crimes they did not commit without a fair trial and without jury.
This isn't a simple, give 'em the money and go. The government will not pay for anything it didn't do.
And the "excuse" thing was for Change.
