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Descendant's of Slaves

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(This post was last modified: 06-28-2019, 10:27 PM by mikesez.)

(06-28-2019, 10:15 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:
(06-28-2019, 09:14 PM)mikesez Wrote: I don't know anybody in real life who thinks that paying reparations is possible or desirable.

Personally, I acknowledge that this country owes the descendants of slaves something.

At the very least, we should acknowledge how a lot of the intense economic development that happened in the Americas during the years 1500 to 1890, that we still enjoy the fruits of today, was on their uncompensated and abused backs. That's like morally the bare minimum. Acknowledge it and don't make excuses for it.

The next thing we can do is recognize that this gives our government, which aided and abetted this practice for so long, a duty to specially uplift communities of color. I think we can do that through certain color blind policies that are targeted at the poor in general.

"Our" government aided and abetted it for about 70 years then spent 596,000 lives to end it. Debt paid, thanks.

"Our" government of loosely confederated state legislatures cooperated with the British monarchs for about 150 years prior to the 70 that you mention.

Then there are the approximately 100 years of de jure segregation and political terrorism that, while they weren't as bad as the slavery that came before, still lay a debt at our government's feet.

I'm walking distance from Ocoee, FL.  I know what happened there in 1920, against people who were allegedly freed 65 years prior, though many of my neighbors were never taught it.
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Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-28-2019, 02:54 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TrivialPursuit - 06-28-2019, 03:08 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by USCG_JAG - 06-28-2019, 03:26 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-28-2019, 03:59 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by rollerjag - 06-28-2019, 05:10 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TrivialPursuit - 06-28-2019, 08:28 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-28-2019, 09:05 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by rollerjag - 06-29-2019, 10:01 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by MarleyJag - 06-29-2019, 09:50 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TrivialPursuit - 06-28-2019, 08:35 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-28-2019, 09:14 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-28-2019, 10:15 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-28-2019, 10:27 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TheO-LineMatters - 06-29-2019, 12:03 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-29-2019, 09:13 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 01:37 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-29-2019, 04:40 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TJBender - 06-29-2019, 12:29 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by americus 2.0 - 06-29-2019, 12:33 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-29-2019, 12:51 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Byron LeftTown - 06-29-2019, 08:31 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by americus 2.0 - 06-29-2019, 06:20 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by americus 2.0 - 06-28-2019, 10:45 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-28-2019, 11:33 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-28-2019, 11:53 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by americus 2.0 - 06-29-2019, 12:21 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by B2hibry - 06-29-2019, 08:36 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-29-2019, 08:55 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by B2hibry - 06-29-2019, 09:19 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 01:14 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-29-2019, 01:38 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 02:20 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-29-2019, 03:10 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 09:03 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-30-2019, 02:21 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-30-2019, 07:27 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Predator - 06-30-2019, 02:37 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-30-2019, 04:38 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-30-2019, 09:40 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-29-2019, 04:41 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Predator - 06-29-2019, 06:43 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by rollerjag - 07-01-2019, 09:31 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-01-2019, 09:57 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Predator - 07-01-2019, 01:27 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-29-2019, 04:16 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-29-2019, 11:18 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by rollerjag - 06-29-2019, 11:52 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-29-2019, 12:09 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 06-29-2019, 12:37 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Predator - 06-29-2019, 06:48 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TheO-LineMatters - 06-29-2019, 09:42 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-29-2019, 09:52 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 10:00 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 10:16 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Kane - 07-01-2019, 05:00 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 07-01-2019, 05:17 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by homebiscuit - 07-01-2019, 05:30 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 07-02-2019, 09:42 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by homebiscuit - 07-02-2019, 12:54 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Kane - 07-02-2019, 01:09 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Predator - 07-01-2019, 08:24 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-01-2019, 11:26 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Kane - 07-02-2019, 12:21 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-02-2019, 01:09 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 06-29-2019, 09:54 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Jags02 - 06-30-2019, 11:24 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jagibelieve - 06-30-2019, 01:02 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 06-30-2019, 01:34 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TJBender - 07-02-2019, 11:02 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-02-2019, 11:57 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by americus 2.0 - 06-30-2019, 10:35 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TJBender - 07-02-2019, 01:54 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-02-2019, 03:37 PM
Descendant's of Slaves - by Caldrac - 07-05-2019, 09:57 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by homebiscuit - 07-05-2019, 10:55 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Predator - 07-05-2019, 01:04 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TJBender - 07-05-2019, 01:11 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by rollerjag - 07-06-2019, 10:58 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by Caldrac - 07-07-2019, 10:12 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by B2hibry - 07-07-2019, 09:28 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jagibelieve - 07-07-2019, 02:57 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-07-2019, 07:41 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 07-07-2019, 08:03 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by flsprtsgod - 07-07-2019, 10:21 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by mikesez - 07-07-2019, 10:48 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jj82284 - 07-07-2019, 11:22 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by homebiscuit - 07-08-2019, 05:50 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by TJBender - 07-08-2019, 08:53 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by B2hibry - 07-08-2019, 09:12 AM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by MalabarJag - 07-08-2019, 12:51 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by jagibelieve - 07-08-2019, 02:43 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by B2hibry - 07-07-2019, 04:35 PM
RE: Descendant's of Slaves - by homebiscuit - 07-07-2019, 04:46 PM



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