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Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma should be responsible for reparations (Original Post)
Kyblue1
May 2021
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Doc Sportello
(7,964 posts)1. There were about 25 white race riots around the same time
Including Chicago, San Francisco and Wilmington, Del.
I assume you agree that Illinois, California and Delaware among others should also pay reparations.
brush
(61,033 posts)2. Absolutely. Terms should be negotiated with all the governing bodies that participated...
in the cover-ups of all the massacres/wealth destroyers.
Tulsa is, as you say, is not the only one, just the most infamous one. There were many others where black wealth was destroy and no charges, no restitution. Nothing.
Much is owed.
Doc Sportello
(7,964 posts)3. Yes, it was nationwide
As, of course, is racism.
JustAnotherGen
(37,771 posts)4. Wilson
Allowed it to happen - the USA has collective guilt.
Ex Lurker
(3,966 posts)5. If the government owes reparations
That means the taxpayers owe reparations. That means Black and Brown people would in effect be paying for their own reparations. How do you get around that? I don't know. Maybe exempt them from property/sales taxes?
