Posted on 02/21/2019 12:51:02 PM PST by Zhang Fei
Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), who are both running for president, have reportedly said they support reparations for black Americans affected by slavery.
The New York Times reported Thursday that Harris affirmed her support for reparations in a statement after agreeing last week with a radio host that reparations are necessary.
"We have to be honest that people in this country do not start from the same place or have access to the same opportunities," Harris said in the statement. "I’m serious about taking an approach that would change policies and structures and make real investments in black communities."
Warren has also said that she supports reparations, according to the Times, though her campaign declined to provide further details to the newspaper.
The Hill has reached out to both campaigns for comment.
Warren and Harris are both pursuing the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and the Times noted that previous Democratic presidential candidates have not supported reparations.
Among those who have not backed the policy are former President Obama, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rival that year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Times noted. Sanders is running for president again in 2020.
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Great timing to come up with this during Smollett week.
Didnt we do that once already? 40 Acres and a mule?
There’s a great new line of tank tops with a jazzed up pic of Lincoln.
the theme - ABOLISH SLEEVERY
We’ve already dumped trillions in reparations into the ghetto. If the playing field isn’t level by now, it’s because the players are just plain stupid.
How about whites that descend from slaves?
I’m even amenable to paying some sort of compensation to anyone who over the age of 21 when the Civil Rights Act was passed, possibly as some sort of enhanced Social Security benefits
This would be appropriate, given that anyone who was over the age of 21 in the early 1960s when the Civil Rights Act was passed are pushing 80 years old at this point
Where does it end?
Suppose every single living black, half black, quarter black american receives their reparations.
What about the black americans yet to be born? Will they get their ‘ Uncle Sugar ‘ check too?
This is such bull. So tired of this - they received reparations - United States Citizenship.
Worth more than gold.
Will descendants of Blacks who owned slaves be invalidated from reparations?
This crap divides our country to no end.
I’ve paid already. Start with the job that I didn’t get, and I quote: “We’re not hiring now, but when we start hiring we’ll be hiring Blacks.” Verbatim, word for word.
I’ve paid already. Money taken as “taxes” and given to non-working democrat voters.
I’ve paid already. Damage to my car by specially privileged individuals, and I got the bill for the whole thing.
I’ve paid already. Security cameras and software so the democrat voters will not touch my place.
I’ve paid already. DO NOT try to take any more! Do you understand? You will NOT take it! Am I quite clear?
Which is it, honey? This is not honest.
40 acres and a mule. It was promised, but never delivered upon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_acres_and_a_mule
Demonrats have perfected the method, but it only lasts for a single day... which curiously happens to be Election Day.
so sick of this Sh%%. Blacks today have not be affected, and the fact is they get much more than most whites.
Hooray!
I guess WELFARE and other subsidies are going out the door!
Does Liberia want them??
Liz warren is endorsing REPARATIONS! So, is she now supposed to be black TODAY?
Kamala Harris has asked Jessie Smollett to head her Reparations for Former Slaves Outreach Committee.
Smollett said he was gratified at Kamala’s confidence in him, and added: “Even if we cant get money out of those
white racists in MAGA country, we’ll settle for a $1.00 off coupon for a Subway foot-long.”
If I give you 50$ to vote for me, that’s bribery and it’s illegal.
But....
If I give you 50$ of my NEIGHBOR’S MONEY, that’s “social justice”. :)
Funny thing. The black anti-Semitic racist demagogue Louis Farrakhan and a genuine white supremacist (I will not dignify here) insist on calling our black population “Africans In America.” They have that in common.
“Africans in America” are not really
part of the American group here, just here to get entitlements and reparations, they say.
Best joke this week.
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