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| New Bill Would Grant GI Bill Benefits to Descendants of Black WWII Veterans |
| 2021-11-13 |
| [NBC via RedState] Democratic lawmakers on Veterans Day reintroduced legislation that would grant GI Bill benefits to the descendants of black Americans who fought in World War II but were prevented from taking advantage of the program. It is intended to atone for the reality that many soldiers were discriminated against when they attempted to obtain the educational and housing benefits the GI Bill granted. NBC News reported: The GI Bill Restoration Act would provide descendants of these veterans a transferable benefit that could be used to obtain housing, attend college or start a business, according to the announcement Thursday from the bill’s sponsors. To mark Veterans Day, the bill was unveiled Thursday by House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina and Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts in the House and is expected to be introduced by Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia in the Senate. The Democratic lawmakers said that Black veterans had limited access to GI benefits in the past because most state and local veterans administrations were largely run by white officials. The report noted that "[t]he bill would extend access to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance benefits to the surviving spouse and direct descendants of these veterans who were alive when the bill took effect. Rep. Clyburn released a statement in which he pointed out that black soldiers who served in World War II were "treated unjustly" after returning to the U.S. and were denied a "path to the middle class." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 #5 - Kamala Harris may have some ideas which were passed down. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2021-11-13 23:08 |
| #8 Those returning Black WWII Vets who were not of middle class were working towards it...until The Great Society arrived, once again enslaving them. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2021-11-13 20:21 |
| #7 IMO all governments should abstain from $$ grants to 'higher' education. Provide free scholarships to vocational schools. Let the 'ELI' find their own money. |
| Posted by: jim murray 2021-11-13 19:11 |
| #6 Clyburn is the same POS that rescued Biden in the primaries. Asshole, Racialist, Dem Pimp - call him and he'll answer |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-13 16:53 |
| #5 Background: FREE NEGRO OWNERS OF SLAVES IN THE UNITED STATES 1830-1865 Next time someone mentions reparations; how will this be worked out ? |
| Posted by: Glolush Glolusing5712 2021-11-13 14:28 |
| #4 ^ what's another trillion or ten? Suicide gets easier to contemplate with each successive attempt |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-11-13 10:11 |
| #3 'tis another variant of 'reparations,' albeit a more documentable and less ridiculous one. But after this, the deluge. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-11-13 09:43 |
| #2 I agree and support equal treatment. I agree there has been serious PAST discrimination. But isn't rewarding Grandchildren, just another form of Reparations. IMPORTANT NOTE: When congressional lawmakers began drafting the GI Bill in 1944, it was the Democrats that fought it tooth and nail. Deeper research, despite many recent WOKE rewrites that have now tainted history, quickly show this was a nationwide practice 70-80 years ago. NOT just the SOUTH. A lot of violent discrimination was also in Northern States and Northern cities. eg. Chicagoan's hurling rocks at Black Service men and their families moving to housing developments. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-11-13 05:16 |
| #1 The Democratic lawmakers said that Black veterans had limited access to GI benefits in the past because most state and local veterans administrations were largely run by white officials. Anyone else see where this is going ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-11-13 02:30 |