Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Thursday she supports reparations for black Americans affected by slavery, The New York Times reports.
Warren said in an interview with the Times that “we must confront the dark history of slavery and government-sanctioned discrimination in this country that has had many consequences, including undermining the ability of black families to build wealth in America for generations.” She also said that “we need systemic, structural changes to address that.”
Warren did not provide any specifics about what her plan would be, but the Times notes that this is significant given that it’s a policy previous Democratic presidential candidates chose not to support.
My take: If this can of worms ever gets ripped open, then every nutcase out there with a history of hurtdom will want some too.
MY TAKE: We’ve got a civil war thread here…Ill just say that will be the lit fuse that starts it. Im gonna do anything/everything I can do to stop it. They take my money for that shit…well we’ll see.
I kind of don’t see this as having any better chance of happening than for an ice cream cone to stay frozen in the Sahara desert in June.
It’s just too volatile an issue: If it DOES pass, you’re right it will piss off anyone who has to pay to the point of not wanting to vote Democrat, and if it DOESN’T pass, then the black Democrat caucus will have eternal butthurt. It’s just too much of a hot potato.
This is Elizabeth Warren’s pathetic attempt to try to win back the blacks that are starting to lean Trump (and there are quite a few). The African American political faction is showing some cracks as a lot are beginning to realize that the Dems are exploiting them and that illegal immigration hurts them FIRST.
Look how the Dems are actually trying to sabotage AOC and the New Socialists? They know that they are staring at “a bridge too far” and they need to back off.
Salad days for conservatism are right around the corner. You watch.
I’m part Irish. Some of my ancestors were “indentured servants” working plantations because they were too poor to own land, and the prejudice against Irish caused a lot of them to not be able to get real jobs either.
Should I ask for reparations?
Maybe I should petition for money to be taken away from the whiskey distillers and be given to anyone of Irish descent. After all, we know that whiskey was invented so that the Irish would never rule the world.
Are there any children of slaves still living today? If so then I think they should get reparations. Grandchildren and beyond? Not so much.
However there is an argument made on the nation needing to fix the issues we still face related to segregation. Not financial reparations but some other solutions are needed.
Regardless of the facts of the matter this is a blatant publicity stunt leading up to election year.
Most blacks…especially young ones…IVE ASKED…couldnt find Africa on a map, for real. And the few that do, call it a “country”. It aint.
Im telling yall ,that shit will get people killed if they force it on us, I aint f-in doing it and aint gonna be made to. I see it often asked here & elsewhere…'Well, where’s your Red Line"? THATS MINE.
