it takes stooopid on a Jamaican order of magnitude to think they would be better off in Africa... let alone to think that Africans would want Jamoke gangbangers let in
Posted on 04/25/2012 4:18:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A few Jamaican lawmakers recently announced a quest to explore reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. This is the second effort to discuss reparations, after the first one failed in 2010 due to financial difficulties. The effort involves the restoration of a commission that will investigate the issue and possibly ask for compensation from Britain or repatriation of some Jamaicans to Africa.
Most people of color might agree that Jamaica is not the only country where its citizens deserve reparations for slavery.
African Americans continue to endure the consequences of the slave trade to this day: Whites have a wealth level that is several times higher than our own, we don’t have the tax base to afford quality schools, and most of the major institutions in the United States are run by Whites. In fact, most African Americans work for predominantly White-owned companies, and the majority of them don’t get the opportunities they deserve.
These institutional disparities didn’t create themselves.
And in spite of what White Supremacy 101 teaches us, inequality is not the result of laziness or a lack of discipline on the part of African Americans. Instead, the disparities are the result of a nation’s 400-year commitment toward creating a society in which one group lives in a way that is superior to another.
The United Nations and other parts of the world have noted the impact of slavery on American racial disparities, but the United States, a country that regularly claims the moral high ground on human rights violations around the world, is unable to see violations of its own: Not only have reparations not been paid to people of color, whose families experienced undeniable abuse at the hands of slavery and Jim Crow, but our nation has even refused to apologize.
Another atrocity for which reparations should be demanded is the CIA’s role in looking the other way as crack cocaine was allowed to flood the Black community during the 1980s.
It is well-documented that the CIA allowed puppet rebel groups in South America to fund their war by selling crack in Black communities. The rise in crack distribution, along with the loss of jobs, the presence of high-powered weapons, and a weakened educational system turned many prosperous Black neighborhoods into instant war zones.
The U.S. government’s role in allowing for crack cocaine distribution, in conjunction with mandatory sentencing during the ineffective War on Drugs, has created a mass-incarceration epidemic that has destroyed millions of Black families across America. As a result, millions of children grew up without their Fathers, and many of them never made it to adulthood. Our communities are not always good places to live, and there are elitist government officials who were never held accountable in the same way they would be if they were young Black men carrying crack through the hood.
All of these issues must be laid on the table if we are to truly discuss racial healing in America.
Meaningless talk about a post-racial America can never occur if our government refuses to even apologize for what it’s done and help to repair the damage. But America is a country that is largely built on lies, and perhaps it’s high time that we start telling the truth.
Sound off here:
Do you think African Americans should receive reparations?
Yes, absolutely
No, absolutely not
you left out ‘motown..
Yes. They should sue Senegal.
OK, we refuse to apologize or pay. Would you like to go to Africa, “Doctor”?
Uh, yes it is. If blacks had followed the example of GW Carver or even ML King, they would have built a life for themselves rather than depending on government to serve their every need.
It is also the anti-success, anti-freedom attitudes taught in American black culture. Succeed in life because you've worked hard like my black friend Peter? Uncle Tom. They label ANY black who overcomes an "Uncle Tom" or "too white".
I think blacks in America are going to figure prominently in the next hot civil war in this country. And it ain't gonna be pretty for most of them.
Bullcrap. Yes, it is. Look at the Americans of color who have applied themselves, gotten a decent education, and risen to levels as high as, or higher than, their contemporaries from high school.
Slavery did not create the reality where one out of four Black homes has a stable mother-father-offspring foundation. Liberal Progressives have created that reality.
Slavery did not engender, over the last 60-70 years, an almost entirely dependent "Government Handout" class, Liberal Progressives have created that reality.
Slavery is the dead horse continually being whipped by the Liberal Progressives (whose forbearers once comprised almost exclusively all Slave Ownership in America) in an attempt to score political points, using it as a smokescreen to disguise their singular culpability in the current plight of Americans of color.
Any Liberal Progressives who want to donate to American Blacks is free to do so. Reach for one penny of my earnings for any of this crap, and your hand comes off.
Period.
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it takes stooopid on a Jamaican order of magnitude to think they would be better off in Africa... let alone to think that Africans would want Jamoke gangbangers let in
I remember my White Suprmacy 101 teacher. He was so helpful and friendly. Always ready to show me the proper technique for keeping my boot on the throat of the black man without going fatigued.
White Supremacy 303, however, was really hard for me. And the instructor was a real jerk. I barely passed White Studies because of that jerk.
Thank you for voting!
Yes, absolutely 76.74% (66 votes)
No, absolutely not 23.26% (20 votes)
Total Votes: 86
Yes, absolutely 77.01% (67 votes)
No, absolutely not 22.99% (20 votes)
Total Votes: 87
What about 600,000+ American lives during the Civil War, of course assuming the claim that it was fought over slavery.
What about 600,000+ American lives during the Civil War, of course assuming the claim that it was fought over slavery.
Canada got it right when the modern government was asked to apologize for an event that took place in the early part of the 20th century:
“The Government of Canada has not apologized for its role in the removal, saying that it is not responsible for actions taken by the government in place 50 years ago”
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Should Blacks receive reparations?
Thank you for voting!
Yes, absolutely 73.27% (74 votes)
No, absolutely not 26.73% (27 votes)
Total Votes: 101
Just as drug dealers face tougher charges than do their customers, the muslim slave traders should pay any reparations due (if any) rather than their British or American customers.
Free tickets back to Mother Africa should be plenty. Any takers?
The freedom of blacks in this country was paid for with the deaths of 600,000 men.
Seeking money over and above that would seem to cheapen the whole freedom thing. MLK would not be proud if he were still alive.
The freedom of blacks in this country was paid for with the deaths of 600,000 men.
Seeking money over and above that would seem to cheapen the whole freedom thing. MLK would not be proud if he were still alive.
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