Cory Booker introduces Senate bill on slavery reparations

[Willie99]

How about 80 acres and 2 mules?

they don't want that

I love how every other demographic that moves here is more successful than they are, and I blame their leaders and our politicians who created their cycle of poverty and refuse to let them out of it. Because they have to control their vote

 

[HamGlaze]

They’re already receiving reparations. It’s called EBT.

 

[StevieRay]

[h=1]Former NFL player on reparations: 'How about the Democratic Party pay'[/h] Jay Busbee
Yahoo SportsJune 19, 2019, 3:56 PM CDT

Burgess Owens speaks before Congress. (via screenshot)A former NFL player testifying before Congress on Wednesday spoke out against the concept of reparations.
Burgess Owens, formerly of the Jets and Raiders, spoke during hearings for H.R. 40, a bill designed to study how to implement reparations for black Americans. The question of what, if anything, America owes to the descendants of slaves is at the heart of H.R. 40, and it’s a question for which Owens, along with a long list of other notable figures, offered an answer.



Speaking for five minutes, Owens noted his own lineage traces directly back to slaves. But, he added, “this is not about black and white, rich or poor, blue collar white collar. We’re fighting for the hearts of our nation.” Owens emphasized that his ancestors battled their way out of their circumstances following emancipation by hard work.
“I do not believe in reparation, because what reparation does, it points to a certain race, a certain color, as evil, and it points to another race, my race, as one that has not only become racist, but also beggars.”
During a portion of his allotted five minutes, Owens took the discussion in specific political directions. “I used to be a Democrat until I did my history and found the misery that party brought to my race ... Let's pay restitution. How about the Democratic Party pay for all the misery brought to my race?”
Owens continued, “And every white American, Republican or Democrat, who feels guilty because of the color of their skin, you can pony up also. Then we can get past reparations and recognize this country has given us greatness.”
Other witnesses took different tacks. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), speaking before the House, charged that the United States has "yet to truly acknowledge and grapple with the racism and white supremacy that tainted this country's founding and continues to cause persistent and deep racial disparities and inequality. These disparities don't just harm black communities, they harm all communities.”
The hearing was held on Juneteenth, which commemorates the specific day slaves in Texas were told they were free after the Civil War, and more broadly, the overall emancipation of slaves across the South.
Owens played safety and kick returner for the Jets and Raiders through the ‘70s and early ‘80s. He holds the distinction of scoring the only kickoff-return touchdown for the Jets during the entire decade of the ‘70s.
Like many NFL players, he’s turned to activism, and regularly speaks and writes about his faith and issues affecting the black community. The title of his 2016 book — “Liberalism, or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps” — is a succinct distillation of his principles.

 

[StevieRay]

Can’t even believe it’s a discussion. Just fucked up and ignorant

 

[Willie99]

They're doing everything possible to divide us. The liars and the losers that call us white supremacists are the people constantly making tace an issue

The clueless buffoons are incapable of having an honest conversation, they're the scum of the earth

 

[StevieRay]

It’s the most absurd thing i have ever heard of. For it to even be a thought in someone’s head should be grounds for a public hanging

 

[Dave007inVegas]

They saw Trump win so they're all just trying to go over the top - who can act the most loony is the strategy - and the media is pushing it - Biden is a total centrist when compared to the rest of them and they are trying to get him out before he even starts

if u listen to the fruity from South Bend he is the most sane candidate they have - he really makes sense - can you imagine two dudes living in the white house? sending two dudes to visit Saudi Arabia?

[FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Oh ya! There are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death.
Saudi Arabia is one of them. [/FONT]

 

[Serbone]

It is just the pathetic Democrats trying to rile up the AA's to get their votes.
The Dems keep the racism theme going with different over the top tactics every election, the AA's are fools to still stick with the Dems, but they do...

 

[roadreeler57]

[h=1]Reparations for Slavery: Why Only Democrats Should Pay[/h]https://m.theepochtimes.com/reparat...1pTRy0fWeUBLOp8mfzc3i13FCCStQ5FJ8V9MExhJB7fuk

 

[roadreeler57]

 

[cloverleaf]

Hide or report this

Laughed my ass off seeing this. True and funny!

 

[Serbone]

Perfect.

And how will anybody prove their ancestors were slaves?

Just a tactic to get the AA's engaged in the election.

 

[carlspackler]

I will be exempt from this. My ancestors were smart. They emigrated from Europe after the civil war.

 

[rolltide]

I will be exempt from this. My ancestors were smart. They emigrated from Europe after the civil war.

sorry but nobody but the blacks and poor would be exempt. this would not take the form as a cash payment but as things like the govt subsidizing an AA's mortgage or tax credits or free college education paid for by anyone that makes enough money to pay taxes that can't claim to be descendants of slaves

 

[Dave007inVegas]

I will be exempt from this. My ancestors were smart. They emigrated from Europe after the civil war.

[FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Great observation.[/FONT]

 

[Serbone]

What if you are half African, half caucasian?
Will you still get paid?

 

[StevieRay]

What if you are half African, half caucasian?
Will you still get paid?

You pay yourself

 

[Willie99]

You pay yourself

The white guy always get fucked, the fucking idiots call that "white privilege "

There has never been a bigger collection of idiots and losers in the history of mankind

 

[Serbone]

You pay yourself

AND... if you are half white, it is proof that, along the way, the AA parent obviously approved of a caucasian. SO, "not guilty". No reparations.

 

[carlspackler]

sorry but nobody but the blacks and poor would be exempt. this would not take the form as a cash payment but as things like the govt subsidizing an AA's mortgage or tax credits or free college education paid for by anyone that makes enough money to pay taxes that can't claim to be descendants of slaves

Well I have already sent my application in for a get out of reparations free card from the Department of White Justice so we'll see.