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| Warren, Harris back reparations for black Americans affected by slavery |
| 2019-02-22 |
| [The Hill] Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), who are both running for president, have reportedly said they support reparations for black Americans affected by slavery. The New York Times reported Thursday that Harris affirmed her support for reparations in a statement after agreeing last week with a radio host that reparations are necessary. "We have to be honest that people in this country do not start from the same place or have access to the same opportunities," Harris said in the statement. "I’m serious about taking an approach that would change policies and structures and make real investments in black communities." Warren has also said she supports reparations, according to the Times, though her campaign declined to provide further details to the newspaper. The Hill has reached out to both campaigns for comment. Warren and Harris are both pursuing the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and the Times noted that previous Democratic presidential candidates have not supported reparations. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Remind Harris, Warren that they won't get any of that sweet reparations, cuz one is a |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-02-22 18:41 |
| #11 Kamala Harris, protege of Willie Brown? Are we going to find out that she had a role in the genesis of the Jussie Smollete case? There certainly are a lot of coincidences in that case. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-02-22 18:04 |
| #10 How about excluding everyone are or whose ancestors were immigrants after 1865? Or whose fathered children here in the US, like Barack Obama Sr. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2019-02-22 16:08 |
| #9 Cut-out everyone whos families came to the US after the civil war. Cut-out the whites from the North who fought to end slavery. And the few blacks that owned slaves, and the blacks that lived in the North. And what about mixed blood folks who have blood of slaves and master? Even if we planned to give money to the descendants the tangled web is impossible, and it would not end the current problems. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-02-22 15:03 |
| #8 I suppose a one way ticket to Liberia (leave US passport behind) for all those claiming slavery affected them may be possible. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-02-22 11:40 |
| #7 Your reparations are waiting at your local international airlines ticket counter. Please leave your American passport with the ticket agent. |
| Posted by: Whavitle Omaling6026 2019-02-22 11:25 |
| #6 I'll agree to reparations to all persons enslaved in America prior to 1865. Non-inheritable beyond their children. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-02-22 11:02 |
| #5 I support taking ALL funds(future also) from them (phonahauntis & kamila gorilla) to start. In REPAYING the taxpayer deducts back to the ones doing the paying. |
| Posted by: ranture 2019-02-22 09:27 |
| #4 250,000 white Northerners (Free States) paid the blood price in a population one tenth of what it is today to end slavery. Could anyone today imaging the equivalent of losing 2.5 million in war? Bill paid. Of course, these pandering toadies are self ascribed 'Democrats', the party that supported slavery. How about just taxing registered Donks to pay for their historic misdeeds? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-22 07:00 |
| #3 Should Britain send a large bill for helping end slave ships? Will the USA split this bill with the central african states that did the majority of the slave trade? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-02-22 06:21 |
| #2 Pandering |
| Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442 2019-02-22 06:11 |
| #1 What do you call the welfare payments/affirmative action/employment quotas for the last two generations? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-22 05:16 |