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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:36 AM Jun 2014

Dallas County commissioners unwittingly back slavery reparations

Dallas County commissioners unwittingly back slavery reparations
John Wiley Price's Price’s 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 didn’t seem to know that they were doing so.

The issue arose in a resolution written by John Wiley Price, the county’s only black commissioner. Described only as a “Juneteenth Resolution,” it was approved unanimously.

Other commissioners admitted after their meeting Tuesday that they hadn’t read the document before voting for it.

Commissioner Mike Cantrell, the court’s lone Republican, later changed his vote to an abstention.

“The reason why I didn’t 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 county’s 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 OP
Always read the fine print derby378 Jun 2014 #1
Whaaaaat?? underpants Jun 2014 #2

derby378

(30,252 posts)
1. Always read the fine print
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:40 AM
Jun 2014

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??
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:43 AM
Jun 2014

“The reason why I didn’t abstain this morning is that I had not received a copy of the resolution,” he said.

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