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Thread: Would you support reparations for African Americans if it ends all of the protests?

post 1606636241 06-02-2020, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩
Yes

I also demand reparations for us Peruvian farmers

but srs why not? So many billions and billions and billions are wasted bailin out wallstreet and corporations why not give it to the people instead?
You're not Peruvian.

You also benefit from gringo priviledge there.

You should donate your money to BLM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
And it's not your problem, so no reason for any of you to get upset.

And as far as your argument of putting it on the tax payers(which I don't agree with), well think about it,

Your tax dollars are going to Israel, useless wars, 3rd world countries, the failed drug war. Wouldn't you rather your tax dollars atleast going to fellow Americans making us all better(Blacks,poor, infrastructure)? What exactly is wrong with that? It would probably benefit you in the long run. Because on the contrary you practically see none of the money that leaves your check.
Yes, my taxes are going to a lot of areas I don't agree with. No, that doesn't mean we should add this to the bottom line. I want to DECREASE spending, not increase it.

I will never advocate for giving money to anyone based on skin color alone. It's a racist idea (ironically)

And again you haven't answered, who gets the money? Are they going to screen only poor black people below a certain threshold who can prove their ancestors were affected? Does Lebron James get his share of the money? Does a middle class black person who moved to the US in 2005 from Nigeria get his share of the money? Where are you drawing the lines?
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Originally Posted By Reliance012⏩
And that’s why we’ve let certain demographics milk the system disproportionately. Everything from job hiring to college admissions has been catered to these “underprivileged“ groups. Supplying financial aid is a bandaid. It’s a handicap that doesn’t help in the long term and we’ve seen it 100x over. Stop focusing on the fighting the symptoms and focus on fighting the cause. And that starts with the toxic culture shoved down the throats of black youths.
Milking the system is a joke. There's plenty of blacks who don't want to be on welfare and food stamps. It's a joke, you're still struggling and you have less living options.

As far as the Affirmative Action/ diversity stigma. These so called liberal companies hire 1 - 2 black people out of 200 whites and call it diversity.

Those are liberal programs disguised to make them look good. They don't work and they'll never work. Malcolm X went over this in the 60s

If you want my actual opinion, blacks need our own businesses.
post 1606636811 06-02-2020, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted By WishIWasJawBrah⏩
It's on the lips of all African Americans and you know it

All seems sane and fare here, why would anyone be against those proposals?

Why would anyone be against the police being more accountable for their actions? In this age of police militarization, etc restraint is needed more than ever. I think that's something people leaning to the right can agree on, nobody wants a government that's unnaccountable and that is able and willing to hurt it's citizens.
post 1606637091 06-02-2020, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩
All seems sane and fare here, why would anyone be against those proposals?

Why would anyone be against the police being more accountable for their actions? In this age of police militarization, etc restraint is needed more than ever. I think that's something people leaning to the right can agree on, nobody wants a government that's unnaccountable and that is able and willing to hurt it's citizens.
Point #2 is what this thread is all about

Some people want to deny that it's not a want
post 1606637121 06-02-2020, 07:42 PM
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I’d support euthanizing all these people before I’d support reparations
post 1606637291 06-02-2020, 07:44 PM
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Yes I support all former slave owners paying reparations to former slaves.

Which in 2020 in the USA is exactly zero people.
post 1606637451 06-02-2020, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted By WishIWasJawBrah⏩
Point #2 is what this thread is all about

Some people want to deny that it's not a want


So much money has been given to the mega corporations in bailouts, I think it should be better spent in reparations as the influx would help everyone overall and also because money should go to the people not to the megarich.
post 1606637751 06-02-2020, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted By Barteh⏩
Yes I support all former slave owners paying reparations to former slaves.

Which in 2020 in the USA is exactly zero people.
Government still owes 40acres and a mule. That was reparations for slavery. Don't worry about slave masters, it's on the government.

Slavery is just a part of the equation. Take Black Wall Street for example. A wealthy city full of black businesses, black doctors, black professors, ect. All burned down because of jealousy
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Government still owes 40acres and a mule. That was reparations for slavery. Don't worry about slave masters, it's in the government.

Slavery is just a part of the equation. Take Black Wall Street for example. A wealthy city full of black businesses, black doctors, black professors, ect. All burned down because of jealousy
And again you haven't answered, who gets the money? Are they going to screen only poor black people below a certain threshold who can prove their ancestors were affected? Does Lebron James get his share of the money? Does a middle class black person who moved to the US in 2005 from Nigeria get his share of the money? Where are you drawing the lines?
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Hehe wud make a killing off Nike calls
post 1606638231 06-02-2020, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted By BigDeeps01⏩
And again you haven't answered, who gets the money? Are they going to screen only poor black people below a certain threshold who can prove their ancestors were affected? Does Lebron James get his share of the money? Does a middle class black person who moved to the US in 2005 from Nigeria get his share of the money? Where are you drawing the lines?
I answered this before. Descendants of Slaves.
Originally Posted By Sevenlionz⏩
Hehe wud make a killing off Nike calls
Maybe, maybe not. The blacks I hang around are all about investing and owning our own businesses
post 1606638471 06-02-2020, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
I answered this before. Descendants of Slaves.




Maybe, maybe not. The blacks I hang around are all about investing and owning our own businesses
Oh true, thatll solve the poverty.

If the blacks you know do that, then why would they need or want it?
post 1606638491 06-02-2020, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Your people also had nothing to do with Indians and they still get reparations.

It's not coming out of your pocket anyway
Um, since the gov't has no money of its own, yeah, it would be coming out of my pocket and your pocket and every other taxpayer.
A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. And that's why the USA is a constitutional republic and not a democracy.
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
I answered this before. Descendants of Slaves.




Maybe, maybe not. The blacks I hang around are all about investing and owning our own businesses
Ok so only descendants of slaves, that can prove they are descended from slaves, are allowed to get this free money

As long as you make sure the money only comes from descendants of slave owners then I guess I don't really give a ****
post 1606638741 06-02-2020, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted By BigDeeps01⏩
But why do you deserve reparations? Were you there? Was your dad there? Was your grandfather there? Was my grandfather there?

I'm willing to bet no on all accounts

So why do you feel entitled to free money?
The US still gives reparations to the jews and Isreal?? We still give reparations to the japanese for ww2?

We gave Isreal almost 40 Billion last week btw

Its not free money America owes a debt the the people it forcibly brought here to work for free labor. Its money that was earned by literally building this nation.

African Americans weren't even legally allowed to participate in the economy fully until almost 50 years ago. 50 years isnt even the lifetime of one person.

Yes personally you wouldn't be paying but as a nation if America ever wants to heal and move forward progressively some sort of reparation is necessary.
post 1606638921 06-02-2020, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted By BigDeeps01⏩
Ok so only descendants of slaves, that can prove they are descended from slaves, are allowed to get this free money

As long as you make sure the money only comes from descendants of slave owners then I guess I don't really give a ****
Why would it come from the private citizens money? It should come from the government, if HUNDREDS of billions are given to the megacorps in bailouts why shouldn't it be given instead to it's CITIZENS. Why is it so easy to approve of the megacorps getting bailouts instead of citizens getting reparations?
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A lot of blacks think reparations is ridiculous
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Originally Posted By poundXpound⏩
Um, since the gov't has no money of its own, yeah, it would be coming out of my pocket and your pocket and every other taxpayer.
Wouldn't you rather that go to your own people and not overseas to fund wars? You'd rather your taxes fund the war on drugs? Your taxes have gone to far, far worse things like corporation bailouts and big banks

Besides reparations mean more educated blacks, meaning more high earning tax payers. Chances are, you'd see a benefit
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Originally Posted By Barteh⏩
Yes I support all former slave owners paying reparations to former slaves.

Which in 2020 in the USA is exactly zero people.
Doesn't matter you benefited from the infrastructure that was built by free labor in 2020. America owes a debt not individuals.
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Originally Posted By mikelowrrrey⏩
wouldn't you rather that go to your own people and not overseas to fund wars? You'd rather your taxes fund the war on drugs? Your taxes have gone to far, far worse things like corporation bailouts and big banks

besides reparations mean more educated blacks, meaning more high earning tax payers. You'd see a benefit
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Wouldn't you rather that go to your own people and not overseas to fund wars? You'd rather your taxes fund the war on drugs?

Besides reparations mean more educated blacks, meaning more high earning tax payers. You'd see a benefit
I'd do anything to end the war on drugs wasted money. I wouldn't be opposed to them lighting it on fire, so I guess reparations would be an improvement.
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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩
Why would it come from the private citizens money? It should come from the government, if HUNDREDS of billions are given to the megacorps in bailouts why shouldn't it be given instead to it's CITIZENS. Why is it so easy to approve of the megacorps getting bailouts instead of citizens getting reparations?
Because coming from the government means that I'm contributing to it from my taxes. Which I'm not ok with

I'm also not ok with giving Israel / native americans money either

Put something in front of me where I can vote to stop all of these handouts and I'll vote for them every single time

Also, if you think throwing money at people is going to solve anything, just lol at you
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Yeah, let’s give even more taxpayer money to poor black people for free, welfare wasn’t hurting them enough.
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Originally Posted By ChrolloDH⏩
Doesn't matter you benefited from the infrastructure that was built by free labor in 2020. America owes a debt not individuals.
Good thing every American can enjoy and benefit from that infrastructure equally now and they all have the same opportunity. Except whites and asians who are trying to get into colleges but they are being discriminated against based on race I guess.
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No. In fact, instead let’s increase the taxes of the black community to pay for this and for causing all of this destruction, killing innocent people, destroying innocent people’s businesses, attacking innocent cops. You do not pay them as a reward for this violence.
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Originally Posted By x420SwagScopex⏩
Yeah, let’s give even more taxpayer money to poor black people for free, welfare wasn’t hurting them enough.
Maybe if they were given reparations they could improve the quality of education, healthcare, have access to credit etc and would no longer be poor. Wouldn't need healthcare.

FYI there are more whites on welfare than blacks.
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Doesn't matter if I was there. If your ancestors and parents were rich, you were rich. Think about the missed opportunities, the years of education, the wealth that could've been passed down. What whites own today are the products from slave owners and racist institutions. All that education, all those businesses
lol at lost opportunity; go blame the africans that conquered them and enslaved them in the first place.
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Originally Posted By ChrolloDH⏩
Doesn't matter you benefited from the infrastructure that was built by free labor in 2020. America owes a debt not individuals.
Well then you need to think of a way for “America” to pay them back without taking money from individuals who had nothing to do with it. I’d also be ok with a taxpayer-funded memorial honoring all the slaves. Maybe we could dedicate a park bench to them. Otherwise fuk off.
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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩


So much money has been given to the mega corporations in bailouts, I think it should be better spent in reparations as the influx would help everyone overall and also because money should go to the people not to the megarich.
yes i hate that big corporations need bailouts, but you have to look at what would happen if certain companies didn't get bailed out. how would it affect the overall economy, how many other corporations that do business with them would also go under, how many people would loose their jobs, pensions, etc.

if the potential loss to the american people as a whole is more than the bailouts then it is justified. was it, well i don't know.
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