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meadowlander

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

Sun Sep 17, 2017, 11:43 PM

Sep 2017

You would need to know the specifics of any treaties between the colonies and Britain in 1776 (which would probably have all been nullified by the later revolution anyway) and also whether or not the King at that time could be legally prosecuted for treason. And even if the King could be prosecuted for treason, under what law would that entitle his victims to reparations?

Failure to set up a British court system in North Carolina in the 1770s hasn't led to a centuries long social and economic disadvantage for all Americans in the same way that slavery created a system of disenfranchisement for African Americans which still persists to this day.

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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