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Reparations event slated March 6 in Compton
The Los Angeles Wave ^ | February 27, 2014 | Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Contributing Writer

Posted on 03/02/2014 7:17:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

COMPTON — Reparations for African-Americans who endured 200-plus years of slavery in America will be among the topics featured at the second annual Reparations Day event March 6 in Tragniew Park here, organizers said.

The Rev. Meri Kha Ra of Krst Unity Church and Minister Tony Muhammad of the Nation of Islam will speak during the program, hosted by the Compton National Reparations Day Committee.

The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., also will include live entertainment and student essay contest winners from local area high schools.

Reparations is an internationally recognized principle of payment that a group or nation receives as a result of pain, suffering, damages or death.

The concept of reparations for U.S. slavery has gained momentum in recent years as the Washington, D.C.-based National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) has aggressively argued that all beneficiaries of slavery — including the U.S. government and corporations — should financially compensate the descendants of former slaves.

In 2000, the New York-based Harper's Magazine reported that the United States owes African-Americans more than $100 trillion in reparations.

But the issue of reparations goes far beyond dollars, said Compton event organizer John Peoples.

“What is Reparations? Repair. What is repair? Whatever it takes to make us whole,” Peoples said. “Reparations is not about money.”

Tragniew Park is located at 2121 W. Alondra Blvd.

Information: (310) 632-0577 or email NationalReparationDay3613@gmail.com.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; nationofislam; reparations; slavereparations
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To: funfan

Harpers can pay whatever they feel is appropriate, but leave the rest of us alone.


61 posted on 03/02/2014 7:57:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: funfan

Inflation plus “interest” in some bizarre formula using the guesstimated “eligible population” probably.


62 posted on 03/02/2014 7:59:02 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: funfan

Isn’t $100 trillion much more than the entire GDP of the whole world?


63 posted on 03/02/2014 7:59:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Darksheare

Indeed! If Galaxy of Horror is any precedent...


64 posted on 03/02/2014 7:59:18 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounds like Obama math he is the trillion dollar man.


65 posted on 03/02/2014 8:00:52 PM PST by funfan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Give them Compton and declare the socalled reparations accounts settled. . ( They’ve already ruined Compton anyway )


66 posted on 03/02/2014 8:01:10 PM PST by faithhopecharity (" uri)
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To: workerbee
Name a country that's paid out.

Weimar Germany. Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of the story.

67 posted on 03/02/2014 8:02:13 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Army Air Corps

Yikes.
Or, zombie boobage ala Peter Jackson’s “brain dead” aka deadalive.


68 posted on 03/02/2014 8:02:17 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION NOW!!
69 posted on 03/02/2014 8:02:21 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Give them reparations only if they deport themselves to Africa and never return.


70 posted on 03/02/2014 8:02:39 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: dynachrome

The Rev. Meri Kha Ra of Krst Unity Church
= = = = = = = = = = = = =

Obviously ‘they’ bought too many vowels for the Rev and not quite enough for the church????

I will take a stab at it..

Some one in the fambly(sic) was a Mary Kay salesperson and they were cheering her on????


71 posted on 03/02/2014 8:05:58 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --In CNNs (feeble) mind, EVERYONE that doesnt ask for more Kool-Aid is bullying BO)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Did somebody say "free stuff"???


72 posted on 03/02/2014 8:08:53 PM PST by massmike (If I like my tagline,I can keep it! Obama said so..........)
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To: henkster
I’m all for giving money to any of the black residents of Compton who can prove they personally endured 200 years of slavery.

I agree sir. Anyone who can prove they were slaves, working mostly in the fields, deserves reparations. To them I say rots a ruck MO FOs.

73 posted on 03/02/2014 8:13:34 PM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Darksheare

*whip barely moves, zombie slaver sorta wobbles and drools*
“Tooooograaaa. Ur naaa eh toooooograaAaa.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

A Black gunfighter went down and his last words were

You Muther..

The townspeople couldn’t understand what he meant but figure he was calling for his mother and decided to name the town for such a loving son.
Since they weren’t sure of his name, they chose....

Thus, in its shortened version, YUMA Arizona was born....


74 posted on 03/02/2014 8:15:12 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --In CNNs (feeble) mind, EVERYONE that doesnt ask for more Kool-Aid is bullying BO)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

reparations my ass , how about repairing right on back to mama Africa ?


75 posted on 03/02/2014 8:15:19 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: xrmusn

Great.
Now I have the image of zombie slaves wandering around going”yuuuumaaaaaa”.
On top of the scene already described.
Not a lot of action as everyone is a zombie in this version.


76 posted on 03/02/2014 8:19:15 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Reparations were paid in blood when 700000 white men slaughtered each other over the question of slavery.1861-1865

Tens of thousands of others gave arms and legs in the same cause.


77 posted on 03/02/2014 8:19:45 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pay’em in bitcoins!


78 posted on 03/02/2014 8:21:47 PM PST by logitech (It is time.)
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To: OldSmaj

Not only do they need to, they actually DID.

The modern pity party began with the “Great” (ptui) “Society.” That thought millions, then billions in redistribution, quite apart from embracing the Lord, could make anyone “great.”


79 posted on 03/02/2014 8:24:41 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wait a minute! 4,000 years ago my ancestors were enslaved for over 400 years by Black Egyptians. Instead of the blood of 600,000 soldiers and un-counted civilians it took a number of acts of God to free them a cruel slavery. Where’s our money plus 4,00 years of compounded interest and a heart felt apology?


80 posted on 03/02/2014 8:24:54 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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