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Posts: 1,362
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Queens, New York, USA
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23-03-05, 01:02 PM
INSPIRED wrote:
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Hello , im writng an article on slavery reparations for my uni magazine and i really want to hear what people think.
Do you feel that much of the west is in debt of the victims of the slave trade? Yes they are in extreme debt to blacks in general because America was built on the wealth made from slaves labor and products. This is the only reason why america and white people are so rich today because our ancestors died building their wealth. Black people are in povety today because our ancestors where busy making money for white people rather then their communities.
Do you even see there being a case for reparations, considering that all of those immediately involved in the slave trade are dead?, isit too late? It is a case because every black person you see today in america has ancestors that where once slaves so don't the decendents inherit the reparations? So what there dead, the holocaust was really only a 70 year difference from slaveryand they paying them all kinds of money. Thats why the UN gave palestine to the Jews. If they can do all that for the Jews, they can help us out since they did do this to us andis still affecting ustoday?
How much do you feel that reparations can do to repair the damage left by the legacy of slavery? Well the mental damage of white supremecy is so severe that no amount of money can teach us love for ourselves and our true history. The money could only really be used for programs to help the advancement of black people or in businesses that will generate even more money for these programs.
Personally i feel that reparations cannot help, and theres no amount of money that can make up for the loss of lives, dignity and spirit of africans enslaved in America, i'd love to hear the views of those who disagree ( or agree) with me.
The money can help since its so many black people and latinos too in america that are living in severe poverty andsome of our schools systems are shitty. The money could go towards privately own black schoolsthat have excellent and accurate education, better health stuffor to businesses that will generate more money for the community and jobs.
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Personally, I believe we definitlydeserve it but we will never get it ever and if they do break us off a crumb, thats a fraction of what they took from us. We better offnot waiting for that to happen and just do our own thing. The only way we can ever get whats truly owed to us is by takingit because white people and others will not just hand it over to us because they feel bad.
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