Posted on 07/15/2023 8:32:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
At long last, justice has come: the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Ill., has begun paying reparations to black residents. So now that historic wrongs have been righted, a new era of racial harmony will dawn in northern Illinois, right? Wrong: one local “civil rights activist” is already complaining that the payouts are too meager and more money is needed. Despite the discontent, however, supporters of the scheme are optimistic, with one even terming it “a test run for the whole country.” Yeah, that’s the problem.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Evanston will shell out $25,000 to around 140 black residents of Evanston by the end of this year. This is just a small part of $10 million in reparations payments that the city approved in 2019, so lots more free money is coming. Meanwhile, the party has already begun for sixteen Evanston residents who have already received their dough and are now experiencing the bliss of ancient injustices redressed. These people have been suffering from the racism of the white supremacists in Evanston for a long time; a Thursday report in Slay noted that “individuals must have been at least 18 years old and resided in the city between 1919 and 1969 to qualify for the payments.”
One would think that Evanston would be ringing with hosannas for this dawning of Democrat vote bribery, uh, that is, racial justice, but somehow the joy of equity is still proving to be elusive, at least for some Evanstonians. Alleged civil rights activist Bennett Johnson, according to Slay, is not satisfied at all. He complained about the fact that the city set 1969 as the cutoff year, saying it was “totally arbitrary”; however, that was the year that Evanston passed a fair housing law.
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Money will not help they’ll only want more and more and more
When I was young there was a saying that applied to anyone:
“Give them an inch and they will take a mile.”
What we need is reparations paid to white people who have been discriminated against in education and hiring for seven decades.
The Gimmedats will never be satiated-
Thems some old slaves ...
Prediction - once started it will be difficult to end.
Question - where is the money coming from? If those that are being taxed for this give away can not stop it at the ballot box, they can stop it by moving.
Every time the Democrats buy votes with other people’s money, the people paying leave and the people receiving move in.
What about the white Union soldiers who died fighting to free the slaves?
the intent is to goad racial war
Union soldiers dying in a war which freed slaves doesn’t count, to these activist types.
Slavery was Legal and the statute of limitations would have run out long ago
What sum is paid for reparations by the city should be deducted from whatever federal sums are paid to the city, dollar for dollar.
Liquor store owners and crack dealers rubbing their palms in anticipation.
What is the racial makeup of Evanston Illinois?
White: 64.68% Black or African American: 16.5% Asian: 9.24% Two or more races: 6.61%
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If the idiot white people there want to further escalate their racial problems - let them.
In a year, the rest of the world will see what a dismal failure that was and all such further malarkey will go nowhere.
If I move to chicago will I be reparated ???
Evanston will shell out $25,000
Crack dealers restock
Time to open a bling store
An African immigrant gets off a boat and immediately starts collecting. Where is the logic of this.
This is not going to end well. Dem voters, what will it take for you to wake up?
I can buy my way into reparations ….. I’ll bet
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