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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDallas County commissioners unwittingly back slavery reparations
Dallas County commissioners unwittingly back slavery reparationsJohn Wiley Price's Prices resolution went beyond taking note of Juneteenth; it included a long list of injustices endured by blacks, from slavery to Jim Crow to predatory lending practices.
By MATTHEW WATKINS Staff Writer mwatkins@dallasnews.com
Published: 17 June 2014 10:30 PM
Updated: 18 June 2014 08:59 AM
The Dallas County Commissioners Court declared Tuesday that African-Americans deserve reparations for slavery, even though most commissioners didnt seem to know that they were doing so.
The issue arose in a resolution written by John Wiley Price, the countys only black commissioner. Described only as a Juneteenth Resolution, it was approved unanimously.
Other commissioners admitted after their meeting Tuesday that they hadnt read the document before voting for it.
Commissioner Mike Cantrell, the courts lone Republican, later changed his vote to an abstention.
The reason why I didnt abstain this morning is that I had not received a copy of the resolution, he said.
None of the other commissioners changed their votes, meaning the resolution remains the countys official position. It is, however, a nonbinding resolution, and no tax money will change hands as a result of its passage.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140617-dallas-county-commissioners-unwittingly-back-slavery-reparations.ece
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Dallas County commissioners unwittingly back slavery reparations (Original Post)
kpete
Jun 2014
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derby378
(30,252 posts)1. Always read the fine print
My commissioner would no doubt be sympathetic to the "40 acres and a mule" clause, but I'm sure she doesn't exactly approve of Price's bamboozling. He knows the ins and outs of many of Dallas County's inner workings, but he's also a clown and a race-baiter.
underpants
(182,273 posts)2. Whaaaaat??
The reason why I didnt abstain this morning is that I had not received a copy of the resolution, he said.