Time for reparations!

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T17:56:29.163Z

tnt:

I don’t know what form “reperations” should come in, but we need to give black americans a solid footing to move forward from.

My next question is, do you think you will see it? Or since they have the complete authority to do it now, will they go silent?

SixFoot · 2021-01-06T17:58:21.198Z

At most, it will be about 3 1/2 years before they care again.

sikofit · 2021-01-06T17:59:52.481Z

altair1013:

Or since they have the complete authority to do it now, will they go silent?

They do not have complete authority. They are holding onto a razorthin majority that will get decimated in 2 years if they overreach.

tnt · 2021-01-06T17:59:59.941Z

SixFoot:

Opportunities, not simple handouts. Long-term.

Keep talking. More specific. How? What?

We’ve got kids in this program living with older siblings, no parents, one meal a day. What opportunity do we give them. (This program is one, but is miniscule in the scope of things. Serves 15 kids in a city of thousands in simialr conditions.)

tnt · 2021-01-06T18:02:52.386Z

altair1013:

My next question is, do you think you will see it? Or since they have the complete authority to do it now, will they go silent?

Honestly, formal ‘reparations’ is not high on my list. But like Six is saying…hopefuly we do something, take some bold actions.

Will it happen?

Probably not.

With a 50/50 sentate, Biden will be lucky to pass one major piece of legislation.

I think your OP would make a very good point if the senate was 60/40 D, or even like 55/45.

50/50 and slim lead in the house is still pretty slugish going,

And also, politicians disappoint. It’s kind of their thing. So many things will get left undone.

SixFoot · 2021-01-06T18:03:32.033Z

Target the ones who want success and are willing to do their part in achieving it. More will follow. Envy isn’t evil when it makes you do better.

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T18:04:56.061Z

sikofit:

They do not have complete authority. They are holding onto a razorthin majority that will get decimated in 2 years if they overreach.

Not true. The Vice President is among 12 democratic superstars who were all in on a bill just a few months back. Is this an actual thing or is it a con job? Was it an election ploy to be immediatly forgotten after Nov. 3?

Booker Reparations Bill Reaches 12 Senate Cosponsors

PurpnGold · 2021-01-06T18:07:20.587Z

merickson:

Would Obama get a check? His ancestors were never enslaved in the US.

Of course not

merickson:

Would/should these reparations be for slavery (paid to those whose ancestors were actually slaves) or for the unfairness that flowed from slavery (all black folks would get a share)

Could be both. For slave descendants and for Jim Crow descendants and black people who are still alive… born before CRA.

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T18:08:27.989Z

PurpnGold:

Could be both. For slave descendants and for Jim Crow descendants and black people who are still alive… born before CRA.

Do you think they will actually move on this? Or is it a bait and switch?

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T18:09:56.428Z

tnt:

With a 50/50 sentate, Biden will be lucky to pass one major piece of legislation.

Should they kill this bill? Or vote on it? Nearly every power player in the democratic senate has signed on. Is it a con job?

Slavery reparations: How would it work? - CNN

tnt · 2021-01-06T18:13:48.603Z

SixFoot:

Target the ones who want success and are willing to do their part in achieving it. More will follow. Envy isn’t evil when it makes you do better.

Yeah, I’m not comfortable sharing to many details…maybe I should. God knows we could use the money this year, maybe I should spread the word…but feels a little TMI.

But anyway, that is exactly the point of this program. Empowerment. Teaching. And importantly SHOWING success to others.

But man, it is EXPENSIVE and labor intensive, and relentless. Can’t let up. 365 a year. And the success rate isn’t 100%.

But how do we reach the adults?

tnt · 2021-01-06T18:14:55.527Z

altair1013:

Should they kill this bill? Or vote on it? Nearly every power player in the democratic senate has signed on. Is it a con job?

Slavery reparations: How would it work? - CNN

Sorry - have to get back to work. I don’t see a bill there though. Looks like a recap of ht epositions of the candidates?

PurpnGold · 2021-01-06T18:19:12.331Z

altair1013:

Do you think they will actually move on this? Or is it a bait and switch?

I think they will move on something… but direct payments will never happen.

Trumps platinum plan gave a good blueprint

SixFoot · 2021-01-06T18:22:33.537Z

tnt:

SixFoot:

Target the ones who want success and are willing to do their part in achieving it. More will follow. Envy isn’t evil when it makes you do better.

Yeah, I’m not comfortable sharing to many details…maybe I should. God knows we could use the money this year, maybe I should spread the word…but feels a little TMI.

But anyway, that is exactly the point of this program. Empowerment. Teaching. And importantly SHOWING success to others.

But man, it is EXPENSIVE and labor intensive, and relentless. Can’t let up. 365 a year. And the success rate isn’t 100%.

But how do we reach the adults?

Some people are a lost cause. That’s a cold, hard fact of life and applies to every single demographic on Earth.

Some people will have to be the janitor. That’s also a cold, hard fact.

Some people will build great things and employ the people who will have to be a janitor.

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T18:22:50.245Z

tnt:

Sorry - have to get back to work. I don’t see a bill there though. Looks like a recap of ht epositions of the candidates?

Just because you didn’t see a bill does not mean there is not one. It seems that we have only four options. Let me know which one you prefer when you get the chance.

Vote on it
Ignore it.
Talk about it till hell freezes over
End the con job and stop acting like they are serious.

Booker Reparations Bill Reaches 12 Senate Cosponsors

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T18:24:39.927Z

PurpnGold:

I think they will move on something…

And if they don’t? Should they be called out by CNN and others?

PAmoderate37 · 2021-01-06T18:29:02.573Z

altair1013:

Just because you didn’t see a bill does not mean there is not one. It seems that we have only four options. Let me know which one you prefer when you get the chance.

Vote on it

Ignore it.

Talk about it till hell freezes over

End the con job and stop acting like they are serious.

Booker Reparations Bill Reaches 12 Senate Cosponsors

Sure they can vote on that. IF it passes it just creates a commission to study the impact of slavery and make RECOMMENDATIONS about reparations. This bill does not give reperations.

altair1013 · 2021-01-06T18:34:12.982Z

PAmoderate37:

Sure they can vote on that. IF it passes it just creates a commission to study the impact of slavery and make RECOMMENDATIONS about reparations. This bill does not give reperations.

So they can vote to talk about it some more? Awesome!

Will they even do that? Or will they let it disappear and shut it down in case a republican gets elected again some day? Are you sensing a con job?

PurpnGold · 2021-01-06T18:45:00.347Z

altair1013:

And if they don’t?

Then we are in the same place we were in when reparations were asked for in the 1800’s

altair1013:

Should they be called out by CNN and others?

Called out? Which Dem promised reparations if elected in 2020?

Trump promised reparations, but that was empty

Guvnah · 2021-01-06T18:48:21.006Z

SixFoot:

Target the ones who want success and are willing to do their part in achieving it. More will follow. Envy isn’t evil when it makes you do better.

Elements of Trump’s Platinum Plan proposal did this. Target minority-owned businesses and home ownership with subsidized loans and/or grants.

I propose adding on a habitat-for-humanity element to that. And all the people protesting systemic racism without knowing how they can REALLY make a difference can volunteer to help build those houses.

No doubt that many black family lines are behind the wealth curve because their progenitors were denied home and business ownership in previous generations. (For many families, passing wealth to subsequent generations is most likely in the form of the family home or maybe a small family business.)

Programs that encourage the current generations to get onto that wagon seem well targeted to me.

Straight cash payments isn’t going to fix anything.

And even efforts to boost home and business ownership will fail without a parallel effort to change the fatherless paradigm so prevalent in the black demographic.