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Elizabeth Warren Says Reparations for Native-Americans Should Be ‘Part of the Conversation' Today
2019-02-24
[Lifezette] One of the 2020 presidential hopefuls, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), expanded on an already-radical proposal on Friday, telling reporters that Native-Americans should be "part of the conversation" on reparations for African-Americans ‐ a move that threatens to bring back her own history with Native-Americans.

Taking questions from reporters ahead of a Democratic Party fundraiser in Manchester, New Hampshire, Warren said America has an "ugly history of racism" and outlined her ways to tackle it ‐ including the possibility of reparations.

"We need to confront it head on and we need to talk about the right away to address it and make change," she said.

Warren had said in a statement to The New York Times this week that "we must confront the dark history of slavery and government-sanctioned discrimination in this country that has had many consequences, including undermining the ability of black families to build wealth in America for generations."

"We need systemic, structural changes to address that," she said.

On Friday, asked whether she would include Native-Americans in her support for reparations, Warren answered, "I think it’s a part of the conversation. It’s an important part of the conversation."

Her fellow 2020 hopefuls Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro have come out in favor of reparations for African-Americans but have so far not gone as far as Warren in opening the door to reparations for Native-Americans.
Shouldn't the descendants of Custer's men get reparations from the Sioux?
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#15  Does she think she's getting a cut of these 'reparations', being a fake Cherokee and all of that?

Senator Warren recently admitted that she is not now, nor has ever been, a legal member of any Indian tribe, so she therefore would not be entitled to reparations. Whether grateful tribe members might choose to donate to her campaign fund, a favourite charity, or hire a close friend or relation in some capacity which they are actually capable of fulfilling is an altogether different question.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-02-24 16:40  

#14  Treat them as separate nations. Revoke their citizenship, then declare war and take the rest from them once and for all. They can either be citizens of the United States or they can be a footnote in history books.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-02-24 16:02  

#13  
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2)
Oh, and we didn't need to honor our treaties. We invaded and annexed their countries, thus making the treaties invalid. Go tell that to the judges.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-02-24 14:24  

#12  Untaxed cigarrettes
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-02-24 13:30  

#11  I am opposed to negotiating with the tribes as if they were actually nations because their people all have American citizenship and pass through the US without going through customs or immigration. If they are independent, act like they are independent. Oh, and we didn't need to honor our treaties. We invaded and annexed their countries, thus making the treaties invalid. There is no honor or legality in national expansion, and there doesn't need to be.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrack2366   2019-02-24 11:55  

#10  Sen. Warren's words quoted above indicate her continuing profound ignorance of the realities in "Indian Country".
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-02-24 11:31  

#9  Actually federal courts have been dealing with just this issue for many decades. It seems the more knowledgeable tribes have been bringing up the issue with respect to treaties the USA madewith various tribes over the centuries, treaties the USA then gratuitously failed to honor. These old disputes are slowly & surely being litigated, money is being appropriated, and checks have been & will be sent out to tribal descendants of those who were basically robbed and cheated so long ago. Circa 2007 my sister & brother each got $12500 from court awards with respect to treaties dating back to 1837. Awards were tax free. I got zero due to red tape. Mother was on the list of recipients, but she died before the awards were finally made & so got zero. Tribes don't call these payments "reparations", but their just due for misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance by the feds.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-02-24 11:30  

#8  Part of the conversation? Go ahead, dumbass. Talk about it all you want. See how far it gets you.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-02-24 11:22  

#7  If there are reparations, somebody will have to manage their distribution. And who is better then a woman who is both a Native American and one of USA's leading legal scholars?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-02-24 10:49  

#6  That's my guess Raj. This is just another of her get rich scams.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-02-24 09:17  

#5  Does she think she's getting a cut of these 'reparations', being a fake Cherokee and all of that?
Posted by: Raj   2019-02-24 07:15  

#4  Pemmican. Tobacco. Whiskey. Uh, blankets...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-02-24 04:45  

#3  Lets go with her true heritage: Blood Eagle.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-02-24 03:27  

#2  Dot and feathers ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-02-24 03:11  

#1  Tar and feathering is what you should face TODAY.
Dumb bitch
Posted by: newc   2019-02-24 02:49  

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