Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Warren, Harris back reparations for black Americans affected by slavery
The Hill ^ | 02/21/19 03:15 PM EST | Michael Burke

Posted on 02/21/2019 12:51:02 PM PST by Zhang Fei

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 161-171 next last
To: Zhang Fei

Neither side of my family had anything to do with slavery.

In contrast, Obama’s family were major slave traders. And so, probably, were the families of many other Democrats who are busy playing politics with this issue.


21 posted on 02/21/2019 1:05:38 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fieldmarshaldj

I agree. The people of all races, etc do not realize how lucky they are to live in this country!


22 posted on 02/21/2019 1:06:17 PM PST by LoveMyFreedom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

To quantify how much slavery has effected 21st century African Americans we would need to compare them to a control population. People who’s ancestors weren’t captured and sold as slaves. Such as the the current population of Africa. I wonder how much “reparations” would end up being if you based them on the difference in standard of living between African Americans and people still living in Africa.


23 posted on 02/21/2019 1:06:17 PM PST by cpt jack 1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: detective

No reparations EVER!

Only REPATRIATION and the sooner the better.


24 posted on 02/21/2019 1:06:36 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

How much are we owed for the assassination of Lincoln? How about the victims of race riots? Do the Ron Goldstein and Nicole Simpson families get exempted? Do we get paid back for affirmative action? Don’t Chinese deserve payments they used to shoot them out West? It’s only been 155 years since slavery, will we do this every 150 years? Im guessing it will be continuing payments for life forever.


25 posted on 02/21/2019 1:07:01 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Any black Americans who can prove that they were slaves should be entitled to reparations from their slave owners.


26 posted on 02/21/2019 1:08:18 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BipolarBob

Yeah, they would all be dead. If it makes the race mongers happy, we could write out checks to the deceased that they could cash if they ever came back to life.

Otherwise, the billions that have gone down the rat hole of the Great Society, breaking up homes and fostering an entitlement mentality, were all the reparations owed.


27 posted on 02/21/2019 1:08:59 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: cpt jack 1

Yes silver lining is living in the USA.


28 posted on 02/21/2019 1:09:40 PM PST by Boardwalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: cpt jack 1

Do the Obamas get a check? I guess not but the absurdity of successful African Americans receiving money. The absurdity of anyone receiving money for long ago injustices to their ancestors. What horrible damage is being done to a country that pretty much abolished racism long ago.


29 posted on 02/21/2019 1:10:28 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

I guess the billions that white people have laid out over the years to help lift the minorities out of poverty and obtain the American dream doesn’t count toward that.


30 posted on 02/21/2019 1:10:36 PM PST by antidemoncrat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei
This is a gift for Trump 2020 if either becomes the nominee.

Indeed. A pie-in-the-sky give-me-that promise. I won't pay. Or rather I will pay to any surviving slave alive today. Ha!

31 posted on 02/21/2019 1:10:42 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Muhammad Ali was affected by it. ...after the fight was over and the victorious Ali returned to America, he was asked by a reporter what he thought of Africa. He replied, “Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat.”


32 posted on 02/21/2019 1:11:03 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BipolarBob

Let’um sue the tribes back in Africa that sold their enemy to whitey.

U no..Zulu vs Hutu etc etc ...

AND, don’t forget them ARAB MUSLEMS who did most of the trading... Sue them too cuz they got oil to pay with !
Manolive ! No end to this crapola..


33 posted on 02/21/2019 1:11:12 PM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Playing the skin flute for the black vote.


34 posted on 02/21/2019 1:11:25 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bratch
Does this mean the descendants of Brits who were kidnapped into slavery by Viking hoards can claim reparations from the Scandinavian countries?

What about descendants of the Jewish slaves in Egypt?

35 posted on 02/21/2019 1:12:01 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Buying votes with taxpayers money.


36 posted on 02/21/2019 1:12:36 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

What about for White-Indian Americans affected by DNA tests?


37 posted on 02/21/2019 1:12:38 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

The South was laid waste and occupied as punishment for slavery and secession. Not until World War II would another polity be destroyed as thoroughly as was the Confederacy in the Civil War. Its economy was devastated—the South largely did not take part in America’s rapid industrialization and economic expansion in the second half of the 19th century, and was so poverty-ridden that it was essentially a third-world country until fairly recent history. Add all that to the blood of 750,000 Americans. I’d say that debt has been settled.


38 posted on 02/21/2019 1:13:05 PM PST by The Pack Knight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

Hey, I’m black. Where is my compensation?


39 posted on 02/21/2019 1:13:08 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zhang Fei

And just where do they think these reparation funds are going to come from? It’s not growing on trees!


40 posted on 02/21/2019 1:13:14 PM PST by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 161-171 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson