Posted on 06/25/2021 8:41:55 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
A liberal Massachusetts town has created a fund that will be used to pay reparations to eligible black residents to “repair past harms” it committed against them or their ancestors.
No money is in the fund yet, but town finance officials have proposed a plan to put $210,000 in the account later this year, The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.
Amherst, a town of more than 39,000 with a black population of just over 2,100, according to the Census Bureau, is home to The University of Massachusetts’ flagship campus and Amherst College, a liberal arts university.
Voter registration data shows it’s an overwhelmingly liberal town. Of all registered voters, fewer than 7 percent have been Republican since 2004, while about 50 percent have registered as Democrat.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I identify as black, I have 9% Negroid DNA genes...can I get at least 10% reparations..for that 10% of my slavery blood that needs to feel absolved..?
Here’s my contribution: My 2 cents.
Value put in words-——You guys in Massachusetts are nuts. Americans will revolt before they pay. Worse than for the British tax on tea that other time.
Maybe all the Blacks will move to this town.
I’ve been waiting for a revolt since the 2020 election. Nobody is revolting. Well a lot of politicians are revolting….in the other definition.
America NEEDS bankruptcy. It needs the massive pile of debt accumulated by government to crash down.
It won’t be pleasant, but its the only way to save the Republic.
$210000/2100 = $100 per person. That’ll shut them up! sarc
Ha! Now that the Amherst "leaders" have spilled the beans, you think the proposed recipients are going to WAIT for their $10,000 apiece?
Is there anything more repulsive than a pack of white self loathing limousine liberals?
Oops! Added an extra zero. Not that they’re not going to REQUEST the extra zero be added! :)
Sure you can. But you also have to pay for the reparations. Considering there's plenty Caucasian DNA intermingled with Negroid DNA in the US, I suspect if DNA analysis was required to receive reparations, and if reparations where on a percentage basis, then the popularity of reparations would disappear.
Current discussions about “systemic racism” and “equity” ignore the fact that U.S. taxpayers already financed several multi-trillion-dollar programs of reparations beginning more than 50 years ago, an expert on civil rights told Don Lemon on Tuesday night.
‘Reparations For Black America Already Happened,’ Black Scholar Tells Don Lemon
https://www.dailywire.com/news/reparations-for-black-america-already-happened-black-scholar-tells-don-lemon
Liberal Massachusetts Town......
A redundancy. Trust me, I know.
****”No money is in the fund yet, but town finance officials have proposed a plan to put $210,000 in the account later this year.....”*****
LOL!!!!! Only the Marxists in gov’t stand to gain by using other people’s money!
Oops! Make that TWO extra zeroes. I guess I need lots more coffee.
"Just please, don't riot!"
My great great granduncle fought with the 14th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery to free slaves and lost and eye and had while doing so... Why should his descendants pay reoperations?
“A liberal Massachusetts town has created a fund that will be used to pay reparations to eligible black residents to “repair past harms” it committed against them or their ancestors.”
“eligible black residents” and what is the eligibility requirement?
Waiting for people to say "what a revoltin' development this is." Still waiting. Maybe inflation, cutoff of extra unemployment and watching BLM anti-police riots will help. Maybe not.
To the under age 65 or so crowd:
Life of Riley radio and TV show, Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation—"What a revoltin' development this is!"—became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s. It was later reused by Benjamin J. Grimm of the Fantastic Four.
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