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KingCharlemagne

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36. Needs to be sold in conjunction with a socio-economic based form of

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:48 AM

Dec 2014

affirmative action so that most people will feel they are getting a fair shake. Yeah, they may not get a demand deposit if they're not the victim of slavery or land theft, but they might get preference in government hiring if they're a 'poor, non-black American' (to use your language).

It would take real leadership to sell this. I don't think I could do it and keep my temper. But I'm confident that out there somewhere is another Martin Luther King, Jr. or Robert F. Kennedy who can make the case far better than I. It's a case that needs to be made, pipe dream though it may seem right now.

The French novelist Balzac once wrote that 'Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.' In this case, there are two crimes (slavery and land theft), the victims of which live amongst us. Time to make things right.

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When whites just don't get it, part 5 [View all] gollygee Nov 2014 OP

"So let�s borrow a page from South Africa and impanel a Truth and Reconciliation Commission" Number23 Nov 2014 #1

I hope I'm doing my small part Warpy Nov 2014 #4

Fuckin' white people, amirite!? LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #2

#notallwhitepeople gollygee Nov 2014 #3

#racialbigotryiswrong LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #5

There's no racial bigotry in this article gollygee Nov 2014 #6

clearly, this person didn't bother to read the article noiretextatique Nov 2014 #9

It even says "when" gollygee Nov 2014 #11

guilty conscience? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #12

Yes, God forbid you have to tailor you language to not slur a whole race. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #14

Becausing having your feelings hurt is so much worse than facing discrimination on a regular basis. nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #21

I didn't realize we were in some kind of oppression olympics. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #22

We're not. White people are not "oppressed" in this society, period. n/t nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #23

No, you're right. Feel free to continue to racially generalize them all you like. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #24

Look, I *am* a white guy, and I don't like negative broadbrushing any more than anyone else does. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #25

Obligation is a strong word The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #37

I don't know how else to phrase it, honestly. All I know is there's a serious problem in our society nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #40

You appear rather oppressed by this. It must be... horrible. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #29

#obtusenessisubecoming. n/t Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #26

we actually need a truth and reconciliation commission noiretextatique Nov 2014 #7

Did you leave "never" out of your post gollygee Nov 2014 #8

I DID noiretextatique Nov 2014 #10

We need more than merely a truth and reconciliation commission. Black KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #15

How do you propose we pay for reparations? cpamomfromtexas Nov 2014 #19

Expropriate the wealth of any individual with a net worth of more than KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #20

How does a one time transfer of cash, no matter how much, change society? hack89 Dec 2014 #28

Well, a billion here and a billiont here and pretty soon we're talking some KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #30

Forcefully taking one groups money and giving it to another will not work hack89 Dec 2014 #31

All due respect, but the government 'forcefully' takes one group's money KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #32

So how much per person? hack89 Dec 2014 #33

Look, I've long been a proponent of a Guaranteed Annual Income for KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #34

Income for every American is a good idea hack89 Dec 2014 #35

Needs to be sold in conjunction with a socio-economic based form of KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #36

No victims of slavery here.... Oktober Dec 2014 #39

Oh... theft... Oktober Dec 2014 #38

But of course, the accumulation of great wealth is *never* theft, no matter how acquired... nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #41

So what exactly do you suggest we do about it? davidn3600 Nov 2014 #13

What do you mean by 'we'? You talk about the government KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #16

What are you talking about? davidn3600 Nov 2014 #17

Sorry, didn't mean to come off as hostile. You asked what "we" KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18

Good Editorial Gothmog Dec 2014 #27

Mugged by the title seveneyes Dec 2014 #42

Yeah we've gone through this in this thread already gollygee Dec 2014 #43

Understood and thanks, but the title remains off-putting seveneyes Dec 2014 #44