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2023-06-06 -Great Cultural Revolution

It's Not Reparations Being Demanded; It's Something Quite Different

[American Thinker] Democrats frequently talk about compensation for slavery and Jim Crow in the form of reparations for black Americans. Indeed, House member Cori Bush recently proposed $14 trillion as a good place to start.

Any reparations plan would be extraordinarily complex. First, if reparations are to be paid, to whom would they be paid? To every one of America’s 45 million blacks? Would that include the 4.5 million blacks who immigrated after Jim Crow was gone? Should the 33 million black Americans age 50 or below whose lives have all occurred since the Voting and Civil Rights Acts passed? How about black families whose ancestors lived in northern states where slavery was largely outlawed before America was a nation, and Jim Crow never existed? How about blacks from states like California and Idaho that had neither slavery nor Jim Crow? Or those of mixed origins with one black parent? Is one black grandparent sufficient, or would it have to be at least 2 of 4? Do black families who earn $200,000 a year still qualify for reparations? How about America’s 1.5 million black millionaires?
What about those who identify as Black?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-06 06:15|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 The last Americans who were actual slaves were white. Captured members of a segregated army in the Philippines in 1942 and shipped across the Japanese empire to work in their industries.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-06 07:59|| 2023-06-06 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The point of all this is not to pay reparations, but to create yet another immortal federal bureaucracy charged with the task of resolving the vexing questions posed in the article. I foresee at least $500 million in no-bid consulting contracts. Did I mention that I'm a certified reparations specialist?

Posted by Matt 2023-06-06 09:32|| 2023-06-06 09:32|| Front Page Top

Posted by badanov 2023-06-06 09:42|| 2023-06-06 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Would it be reality to declare all major cities reservations and transfer their management to the Department of the Interior? Wasn’t that sort of LBJ’s plan. That might be the only entity that has proved itself to be a poorer caretaker than Dem politicians.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-06 10:04|| 2023-06-06 10:04|| Front Page Top

#5 As the trenchant old inquiry goes, "Who says the South lost the war?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-06 10:26|| 2023-06-06 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Ref #4: Townships...yes! But the must be given new BLM approved names.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-06 10:33|| 2023-06-06 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Never pass up an opportunity to divide people and keep them fighting each other.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-06 10:37|| 2023-06-06 10:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Reparations paid, Al Sharpton hit worse.

Posted by ruprecht 2023-06-06 12:01|| 2023-06-06 12:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't forget the Irish slaves,

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2023-06-06 19:59|| 2023-06-06 19:59|| Front Page Top

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