Now that we're finally purging America of the Confederacy's toxic remnants.....

[JustAnotherGen]

19. Based on the below responses

And the way the question was framed - nope.

Race is a reality. All the ivory tower intellectuals untouched by the daily barrage of bigotry in this country can go on and on with their social construct nonsense. It doesn't change one fucking instance of the reality.

Next - slavery ain't got nothing to do with it. Those participation trophies went up during the Jim Crow regime that was law in the South and In Practice everywhere else.

Finally - if we were going to entertain it -

If you had two grandparents or parents in the census as black in 1963 - you could simply get a 10 or 20, or 30 year relief from Federal Taxes.

I saw someone up above wrote "why should I pay when . . ."

Exactly. Black folks helped build this country long long before Ellis Island existed and then we were literally blocked from buying homes in decent areas, an equal education. You know what?

My dad's parents were born at the turn of the last century, stood IN Jim Crow and amassed wealth in defiance.

They paid for allllll those white folks and got not one fucking thing in return. They were ROBBED. Bread was taken off their table and given to racists.

So here's how this works - Just get off the backs of affluent, rich, and wealthy black Americans. Seriously. A good decent liberal will see we aren't the same as the Koch brothers.

PS - ETA:

It's not my fault if a 44 years old white male went to work in the mines. He made a choice. Why should I pay for his lung cancer? See how this works? He's my peer. As an infant I had ZERO say in his upbringing that lead to that choice. Why should I (whiny plea) have to pay for his PARENTS lack of initiative. Or - his grandparents. It's not my fault he didn't take advantage of the default setting.