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BET Founder Robert Johnson calls for $14 Trillion of reparations for slavery
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:27 am
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:27 am
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/01/bets-robert-johnson-calls-for-14-trillion-of-reparations-for-slavery.html
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Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, told CNBC on Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality.
The wealth divide and police brutality against blacks are at the heart of protests that have erupted across the nation following last week’s killing of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis.
“Now is the time to go big” to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Johnson said on “Squawk Box.”
“Wealth transfer is what’s needed,” he argued. “Think about this. Since 200-plus-years or so of slavery, labor taken with no compensation, is a wealth transfer. Denial of access to education, which is a primary driver of accumulation of income and wealth, is a wealth transfer.”
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Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:28 am to Contra
He can call for it all he wants. Never going to happen.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:28 am to Contra
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$14 trillion
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:28 am to Contra
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should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality.
And here it is folks...
But here is an idea, why don't we take the cost of these riots and their affect on the economy out of the money allocated first...
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:28 am to Contra
They would be broke again in five years.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:29 am to Contra
Robert. Go frick yourself.
My family was never involved in slavery. Hell, some were basically slaves to coal mining companies.
My family was never involved in slavery. Hell, some were basically slaves to coal mining companies.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:29 am to Contra
He should stick to guitar playing.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:29 am to Choctaw
go ahead and make it $60 trillion, Bob. Just as likely to happen.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:30 am to Indefatigable
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He can call for it all he wants. Never going to happen.
I wouldn't bet against it if the dems had the white house and both chambers of congress.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:30 am to Contra
Here you go Bob, $14 trillion Zimbabwean Dollars.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:30 am to Contra
No. Because Democrats will just rile up the next generation of urban blacks and convince them that they are being oppressed and hated because of their skintone and that all white nondemocrats are racist. Then everyone will want another $14 trillion.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:30 am to The Maj
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But here is an idea, why don't we take the cost of these riots and their affect on the economy out of the money allocated first...
Calculate every dollar a black has received in free housing, food, school, and health care. I’d bet we’re way past $14T
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:30 am to Contra
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“Think about this. Since 200-plus-years or so of slavery, labor taken with no compensation, is a wealth transfer.
Newsflash: no black American alive today was ever enslaved. If you can find one who is miraculously still living, I'd be all for giving him/her $378,378.38 of that $14 trillion.
This post was edited on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:30 am to Contra
Im fine with that as long as anyone who takes money moves permanently to Africa
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am to Contra
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BET Founder Robert Johnson calls for $14 Trillion of reparations for slavery
Here's a quarter, Bobby. Shove it up your arse.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am to Contra
I don’t understand how a self-made man like Robert Johnson can think this way. Maybe he can start first and give up all his millions to “the cause”
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am to Contra
Pretty sure some dumb bitch a while back on CNN said billionaire Mike Bloomberg has enough money to give everyone in the country $1M. I’m no mathematician, but shouldn’t $14T distributed amongst 14% of the total population equate to more than $450K per person?
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am to Contra
Reparations is one of those issues that I refuse to get angry about, or even discuss, because it's too stupid.
There is no mechanism for something like this to ever happen.
There is no mechanism for something like this to ever happen.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am to Contra
What's stopping him from giving his money to poor black communities?
Posted on 6/1/20 at 11:31 am to Contra
How would we pay for the green new deal with all the urban businesses put out?
This post was edited on 6/1/20 at 11:33 am
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