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X_Digger

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43. Oh FFS.

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Sun Sep 17, 2017, 11:13 PM

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Now that we're finally purging America of the Confederacy's toxic remnants..... [View all] jcmaine72 Sep 2017 OP

It's African American, not "AA." But to your point... MadDAsHell Sep 2017 #1

Excellent reply. Snackshack Sep 2017 #3

Sorry about the abbreviation. I'm typing this on my phone and I sometimes get lazy. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #11

Just college would be all anyone can ask for clu Sep 2017 #13

Why should I pay? Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #15

All whites, whether they're aware of it or not, have benefited from our system. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #16

So was it the largest mass lynching in America Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #20

Would African Americans pay reparations as well as receiving them? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #36

Yes. If reparations are in the form of money from taxes everyone would pay JI7 Sep 2017 #40

I have no problem paying. My family hasn't been here half of that JI7 Sep 2017 #39

And what about Native Americans Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #45

Same there also JI7 Sep 2017 #46

How about the Japanese and Italians and Mexicans? Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #47

Some of those did get reparations JI7 Sep 2017 #49

It's not about individuals paying anything. Come on. And it shouldn't be about individuals... brush Sep 2017 #54

Thank you. I was going to reply with something similar but erased it four times Warpy Sep 2017 #55

free means tested college for blacks clu Sep 2017 #2

How are we going to define "black?" Race is a social construct, not a biological one. MadDAsHell Sep 2017 #6

absolutely right clu Sep 2017 #7

We are all gray. safeinOhio Sep 2017 #9

Granting of certain lands and surplus military lapfog_1 Sep 2017 #4

That sounds an awful lot like colonization...nt MadDAsHell Sep 2017 #5

From the civil war lapfog_1 Sep 2017 #33

Has anyone ever received reparations? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #8

Not in this nation, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #12

Yes. In New Zealand meadowlander Sep 2017 #34

So the colonies that once belonged to Britain and EU members would get reparations Not Ruth Sep 2017 #37

Theoretically Native American tribes probably could meadowlander Sep 2017 #38

The King obstructed justice, which means that he committed treason Not Ruth Sep 2017 #41

I think you'd need a more specific citation in case law to establish that. meadowlander Sep 2017 #44

Japanese American internment camp victims were paid reparations BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #56

i have no problem with that but will take demographic changes for it to have any chance JI7 Sep 2017 #10

Those demographic changes are occurring more each day. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #14

those are symbols of segregation,including the flag. USA still self segregate-churches,schools, nei Sunlei Sep 2017 #18

world will never be purged from the cancer of hate-of skin color /religion/no religion/class. Sunlei Sep 2017 #17

many, many Africans heaven05 Sep 2017 #25

Based on the below responses JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #19

I don't get how we can argue gender is a social construct but simultaneously argue that race is not MadDAsHell Sep 2017 #21

This is about racists JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #22

exactly heaven05 Sep 2017 #27

Coates JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #24

BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Sep 2017 #23

Yeah JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #26

The deplorables like that guy in the hat want you gone or dead. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #29

Thank you! JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #30

Well said. nt Skidmore Sep 2017 #35

Or pay for shitty cops who kill and abuse innocent black people JI7 Sep 2017 #42

first, yes the open heaven05 Sep 2017 #28

I am tired of hearing "my family didn't own slaves" cyclonefence Sep 2017 #31

A big +1. I wish we could rec posts here. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #32

The US would have become an rich industrial powehouse even without slavery. Kaleva Sep 2017 #52

I am not comparing our treatment of Native Americans with our treatment of African-Americans cyclonefence Sep 2017 #58

The industrial North, mid 1800s, was much more then cotton mills. Kaleva Sep 2017 #59

I'm enjoying talking about this cyclonefence Sep 2017 #60

Oh FFS. X_Digger Sep 2017 #43

Can we talk about renaming New York? Amishman Sep 2017 #48

Sarcasm aside, if that should be the desire of New Yorkers someday, I say let them decide. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #50

Interested in this b/c hoping the issue of reparations for women comes up someday... n/t TygrBright Sep 2017 #51

Was going to mention the same thing. Kaleva Sep 2017 #53

Just so. Centuries of being property, having no legal identity apart from a male caretaker... TygrBright Sep 2017 #57