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Reparations question
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:47 pm
How many of the roughly ~40 million AA’s/Blacks would go back to Africa if they had the choice right now or would willingly wish that their ancestors had not been slaves so that they could have been born in Africa instead?
This post was edited on 2/20/21 at 12:48 pm
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Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:50 pm to Stidham8
Zero. Back home being the fastest runner didnt pay millions. It just meant you ate first
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:51 pm to Stidham8
A few ultra woke would, but not many. They’d be there now if they actually believed Africa was a better place.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:58 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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A few ultra woke would, but not many. They’d be there now if they actually believed Africa was a better place.
Which makes it sickening to see the current generation act like they were wronged somehow and face enormous daily trials. It’s bullshite.
I can absolutely buy that argument from a slave 200 years ago (every one of them would’ve rather been back in Africa) or even someone who grew up in the civil rights era and had to put up with a lot of shite. But this current generation doesn’t have ground to stand on.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:00 pm to Stidham8
The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether slavery is the worst thing to even happen to this country. Decisions we made 200+ years ago ultimately will be our undoing. Should have never taken a single person out of Africa. Sure, we may not have become rich and powerful as quickly, but we also wouldn’t have this cancerous culture as an albatross around our necks- this shite is never going away.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:07 pm to Stidham8
Culturally, there are different norms in each country, and their leaders are expected to follow. Slavery was our cultural norm.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:13 pm to Boring
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The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether slavery is the worst thing to even happen to this country. Decisions we made 200+ years ago ultimately will be our undoing. Should have never taken a single person out of Africa. Sure, we may not have become rich and powerful as quickly, but we also wouldn’t have this cancerous culture as an albatross around our necks- this shite is never going away.
Most likely the Irish that were treated extremely bad in the North to the point of being unemployable or working "slave-wages" and living in incredibly unhealthy tenements would have migrated to the South for work and spread out quicker. There wasn't a big migration of Irish to the South because there was slaves working for no pay.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:14 pm to Stidham8
Lincoln could have fixed this very issue, but instead was focused on the total economic destruction of the south after the war.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:38 pm to Stidham8
I was born in Houston, TX
Pop side from Palestine, TX
Mom side from Opelousas, LA
I live in San Antonio, TX
I do not require reparations
Pop side from Palestine, TX
Mom side from Opelousas, LA
I live in San Antonio, TX
I do not require reparations
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:44 pm to Stidham8
As much as I dislike that herpes infected hoe, The VP President of Vice, she's not responsible for the behavior of her ancestors who owned slaves and thus profited off the unpaid labor of others.
Still, I wonder if she'll contribute anything towards this grand old reparations project. Probably not. She'll give that evil grin while she makes middle class whites (most of whom had nothing to do with slavery) foot the bill.
Still, I wonder if she'll contribute anything towards this grand old reparations project. Probably not. She'll give that evil grin while she makes middle class whites (most of whom had nothing to do with slavery) foot the bill.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:46 pm to Stidham8
Your question is rhetorical correct?
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:48 pm to Stidham8
You will continue to hear about reparations until it happens.
The idea is to SLOWLY warm people up to the idea. Over years.
Eventually it will become racist to be against reparations and it will happen.
That is the end goal of the left.
The idea is to SLOWLY warm people up to the idea. Over years.
Eventually it will become racist to be against reparations and it will happen.
That is the end goal of the left.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:51 pm to Mellow Drama
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working for no pay.
Not exactly. Housing, food, clothes, I think all better than Africa. Their own people in Africa are the ones who enslaved them.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:54 pm to Stidham8
Thousands have gone back to Africa. The problem is the US makes citizens pay taxes on income even if it's not earned in the US.
To avoid double taxation you have to renounce citizenship. There is $2350 fee + lawyer fees for mountains of paperwork and a lengthy drawn out process. Total cost are between 10k to 15k.
You overestimate life in the US probably because you have never lived anywhere else.
The United States is still by far the best place for financial gain and wealth building, but unfortunately it's turned into a police state and the quality of life has diminished.
To avoid double taxation you have to renounce citizenship. There is $2350 fee + lawyer fees for mountains of paperwork and a lengthy drawn out process. Total cost are between 10k to 15k.
You overestimate life in the US probably because you have never lived anywhere else.
The United States is still by far the best place for financial gain and wealth building, but unfortunately it's turned into a police state and the quality of life has diminished.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 1:59 pm to BhamDore
I’ve often said that the slave trade will go down as the single greatest mistake in US history.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 2:17 pm to Stagliano
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Zero. Back home being the fastest runner didnt pay millions. It just meant you ate first
Or eaten last.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 2:17 pm to gsvar2004
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I’ve often said that the slave trade will go down as the single greatest mistake in US history.
The US only allowed the slave trade for 25-27 years depending on when you believe the US actually became a country 1781 after the surrender at Yorktown, or 1783 after the Treaty of Paris was signed making it official by Britain. It was our colonial European forefathers who did this.
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