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re: Slave Reparations from Georgetown University
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:51 pm to bigrob385series
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:51 pm to bigrob385series
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as soon as some credible witnesses to said slavery come forth.
People inherit money and property from their ancestors, I fail to see the problem with inheriting the money their ancestors should have received.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:52 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Jesus Christ! Why don't you all realize that this is a stupid, insensitive argument? How was coming here as an European immigrant the same as slavery? Were immigrants lynched? Were the killed for knowing how to read? Did they go Jim Crow? The two situations are not the same, get over it. Stop trying to use that as a basis for your bias and bigotry.
Do you think the ancestors of slaves should be given money?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:52 pm to jbgleason
And they fired their black basketball coach today
Uh-oh
Uh-oh
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:53 pm to Pecker
quote:Do you think ancestors of slave owners should continue to profit off of slavery?
Do you think the ancestors of slaves should be given money?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:53 pm to Masterag
At the time these individuals were sold, slavery was legal. Therefore, even if you get past that fact, the only claims that exist are equitable in nature, which could only be raised by the slaves themselves. To suggest that people 180 years later deserve compensation for work they never did would set a precedent that would turn our courts on their head.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:54 pm to jbgleason
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Carlton
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Slave Reparations
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:56 pm to bigrob385series
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sure...as soon as some credible witnesses to said slavery come forth.
Sheila Jackson Lee apparently knows several
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:56 pm to Masterag
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Georgetown profited from the work and sale of their ancestors, who were never paid for their work.
Which was perfectly legal at the time.
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Considering that Georgetown is an institution which may not otherwise have survived, and not a person,
I'm not sure why this is relevant?
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I don't see anything wrong with their descendants wanting the compensation their ancestors never received.
You don't see a problem with people demanding money from someone for something that happened 150 years ago that was perfectly legal at the time?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:56 pm to Masterag
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People inherit money and property from their ancestors, I fail to see the problem with inheriting the money their ancestors should have received.
Jesus Christ
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:58 pm to jbgleason
Why are people even wasting time with this shite?
So if my great great great grandparents were victims of some shite that once happened, does this mean I can seek reparations?
So if my great great great grandparents were victims of some shite that once happened, does this mean I can seek reparations?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:59 pm to jbgleason
All about money??? Get out of here.
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:59 pm to MontyFranklyn
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How was coming here as an European immigrant the same as slavery?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 2:59 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Do you think ancestors of slave owners should continue to profit off of slavery?
Possibly. It depends on how you define "profiting off slavery."
Who are those you have determined are profiting off slavery?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:01 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Do you think ancestors of slave owners should continue to profit off of slavery?
How are ancestors of slave owners continuing to profit off of slavery??
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:02 pm to SCLibertarian
quote:A precedent has been set, but for some reason it just isn't right to give reparations to black. Now let us take a look. America has paid reparations to:
At the time these individuals were sold, slavery was legal. Therefore, even if you get past that fact, the only claims that exist are equitable in nature, which could only be raised by the slaves themselves. To suggest that people 180 years later deserve compensation for work they never did would set a precedent that would turn our courts on their head.
The Japanese
The Seminoles
The Chippewas
The Ottawas
The Sioux
The Klamaths
The Alaskan Natives
So why is it so bad to give blacks reparations?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:04 pm to Jim Smith
quote:Well lets see. The people that owned my family were able to buy lots of land, develop it and build a nice real estate company from it. They also have several other, very profitable, business interest throughout Alabama.
How are ancestors of slave owners continuing to profit off of slavery??
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:05 pm to MontyFranklyn
How much are we talking about ?
And will that end government assistance ?
And will that end government assistance ?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:06 pm to MontyFranklyn
Any reparations the U.S. government has paid has been established either by treaty, which requires the approval of the Senate, or by statute, which requires the approval of both houses of Congress. The courts cannot create a legal theory by which to pay descendants of slaves.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:07 pm to lsufan112001
So only blacks use government assistance? Aren't whites the primary user of government assistance by a very large number?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 3:08 pm to MontyFranklyn
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The people that owned my family were able to buy lots of land, develop it and build a nice real estate company from it. They also have several other, very profitable, business interest throughout Alabama.
So let me get this right. It is your opinion that the great-great grandson of some farmer who subsequently built a successful real estate business should give you money because your great-great grandfather was a slave at the farm that eventually funded the current day company?
Is that the sum of it?
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