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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:54 AM Jun 2020

Are you in favor of reparations to African Americans? [View all]

Put aside the amount of individual reparations. I'm talking about the concept only.

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Are you in favor of reparations to African Americans? [View all] MoonRiver Jun 2020 OP

If we can give billionaires huge tax cuts, we should be able to do something secondwind Jun 2020 #1

NO... and not because I don't think it is owed. Zoonart Jun 2020 #2

Just because you don't see... UncleTomsEvilBrother Jun 2020 #6

Free college anywhere? Lower interest rate home & business loans, uponit7771 Jun 2020 #7

Yes on these ideas.... Zoonart Jun 2020 #10

some ideas... and there is much more out there handmade34 Jun 2020 #12

The first step would be a study to determine that. nt gollygee Jun 2020 #17

Definitely a "no-brainer" Cartaphelius Jun 2020 #3

I would favor DIRECT payments to living grandchildren of slaves though very few would qualify Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #4

They'd pretty much have to be old as Dracula to qualify. Nt raccoon Jun 2020 #21

Not necessarily. Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #40

"A male former slave born in 1860 could easily have fathered a son born in 1910" Polybius Jun 2020 #43

Exactly. Someone born into slavery was a slave, even if only briefly n/t Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #54

President John Tyler sarisataka Jun 2020 #53

I am for expanding affirmative action programs still_one Jun 2020 #5

Fortunes were Made Off Their Backs McKim Jun 2020 #8

I actually had an idea for this years ago. Arthur_Frain Jun 2020 #9

Yes but not entirely monetary. tavernier Jun 2020 #11

Tax Free Long Term Business Loans ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #35

Sounds good. tavernier Jun 2020 #37

Yes, and also to women obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #13

African Americans have had generational wealth stolen and kept from them gollygee Jun 2020 #18

Like Senator Sanders, I would like details about how reparations would be Blue_true Jun 2020 #14

Getting rid of all systemic racism, inequality, etc,. may be the biggest gift of all. I sense 42bambi Jun 2020 #25

I am heartened by the recent trend of making racists pay economically. Blue_true Jun 2020 #27

Here are some interesting graphs from 1860: kentuck Jun 2020 #56

One reason why southern Whites didn't want free slaves is Blue_true Jun 2020 #57

It is and has been our obligation to live up to the promise yellerpup Jun 2020 #15

So many in this country won't even acknowledge the humanity of African Americans. LuvLoogie Jun 2020 #16

Reparations would be not just for slavery, but for policies that lasted well into the 1990s greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #19

Ending the property tax basis for funding schools would go a long way toward equalizing things. nt MoonRiver Jun 2020 #20

It is a complicated subject that comes with no simple answers Chainfire Jun 2020 #22

Yes, in the form of grants to underprivileged areas. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2020 #23

How about leave us alone and stop killing us. Afromania Jun 2020 #24

In general, no... Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #26

Atonement must occur or we'll never heal Ponietz Jun 2020 #28

Another symbolism issue that's impossible to implement and an election loser. brooklynite Jun 2020 #29

I wonder what will happen customerserviceguy Jun 2020 #39

The Platform will be decided by Joe Biden with input from Bernie Sanders brooklynite Jun 2020 #46

Agreed customerserviceguy Jun 2020 #59

Reparations - definitely not... brooklynite Jun 2020 #60

Symbols drive humanity Ponietz Jun 2020 #55

Yes - nt Ohio Joe Jun 2020 #30

Yes but what would reparations look like? In It to Win It Jun 2020 #31

Yes mvd Jun 2020 #32

Depends on how it's done, but generally yes. Drahthaardogs Jun 2020 #33

Structurally, communitywide, to build wealth and capacity in black mahina Jun 2020 #34

Why do we never hear about reparations for native Americans? nt Tipperary Jun 2020 #36

Because many tribes had treaties and for others, they rarely called attention to it BumRushDaShow Jun 2020 #61

I don't know....but FirstLight Jun 2020 #38

What if white Americans paid reparations from their own personal funds? BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #41

We would have mass defects to the Republican party Polybius Jun 2020 #42

Not out of their taxes BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #44

That's even worse Polybius Jun 2020 #45

That's his point gollygee Jun 2020 #51

The point of reparations gollygee Jun 2020 #47

So you're not willing to make any actual real sacrifices then. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #48

You're deflecting because you're opposed to them. nt gollygee Jun 2020 #50

How much should each white person pay? sarisataka Jun 2020 #49

Great questions BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #52

No, because there's no fair way of doing it Calculating Jun 2020 #58

Yes, even though there's no way of doing it that would satisfy everybody. planetc Jun 2020 #62

Probably unconstitutional treestar Jun 2020 #63

The Civil War was reparations. geralmar Jun 2020 #64

We would need to consider who qualifies whistler162 Jun 2020 #65