I finally watched that Kamala Harris Reparations clip the BothSiders love

[that guy]

I wouldn't say it's the same but it's clear that BothSiders want two things instead of one:

1. Benefits solely devised for and to the benefit of Black people

2. To receive these benefits at the expense of other groups in this country, especially Whites, [somehow] without their support or consent

And then they complain when they don't get shït.


Dudes have no concept of strategy at all. As if receiving absolutely nothing (i.e. "crumbs") is more noble or admirable than working with what you got.

Terrible post

1. Your strategy is “voting blue no matter who” yet every single election cycle yall bytch and complain about some republican boogeyman that wants to end democracy and civil rights as we know it. Black people have been the most loyal democratic voter based for the last 60 years yet every election cycle we are the most vulnerable and most neglected. They wont even address you as a standalone demographic. All you got for your vote was “you ain’t black”


2. Receiving absolutely nothing when you didn’t vote is much better than voting and still receiving nothing. You just wasted your time and gas

 

[that guy]

Imagine someone breaking into your home and stealing all of your most valuable possessions, they police catch the criminal with your belongings and the police tell you “we have to split the money between everyone in the entire neighborhood”

 

[that guy]

No apology but hey we still need your vote anyway

The saddest part is if black male support for the democrats drops from 85% to 80% and the dems lose, they will blame black men

 

[Born2BKing]

Were their largest and most loyal voting block.....Why can't we be addressed directly?

We have systematic concerns that are specific to us. Lumping our issues in with everyone else for the last 40 years hasn't worked.

They address women and gays directly all the time.

Well there are black gays and women.

 

[Cheese McNair]

To be honest, even your explanation can't fix what she said. She's only reminding black people that this country is built on racism and there's nothing she can do. That's it.

And this frustrates some black men. Which is why some black men don’t care if a republican wins.

Republicans usually equals chaos (Covid, 9/11, crack epidemic, etc) and that’s what frustrated people want

 

[desjardins]

Democrats aren't going to give blacks shyt. They explicitly say as much as evidenced by the video
That's still a dumb reason not to vote them when the other side has plans to actively damage the black community
It's basically status quo vs going back to pre civil rights america
We can't get hung up on the fact Democrats ain't going do shyt for the community, it's about harm reduction at this point with the hope the Dems can be shifted over time with more (real) black representatives in the party

 

[that guy]

Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.

apnews.com

“Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.”

Black men voted democrat at over 80% in 2020
Black women voted democrat at over 90% in 2020

Kamala chose to promote the gender divide agenda by only thanking black women instead of just saying black people.

But according to shills, your a “c00n” if you don’t vote for this Asian broad

 

[Sccit]

1. who said i was aware of the video for years? what kind of logic jump is that

2. anyone who tries to simplify the political issue of reparations into "yes" or "no" is not going to be in the position Kamala Harris is. You don't get far in this racist ass country by simply saying "yes we need to give all black americans money". If you don't know that in 2024 idk what to tell you

3. she's not using that rhetoric for us, she's using that rhetoric for people who would take issue with policies that indirectly benefit us more than other people. aka playing the fukking game

4. once again, there's being a savvy politician and there's not. she chose to be savvy

5. now ur just repeating shyt to extend ur post

THATS A LIE

LOOK AT GAVIN NEWSOM … ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GOVERNERS IN THE COUNTRY OUTRIGHT SAID HE SUPPORTS REPERATIONS

 

[Amo Husserl]

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

 

[JT-Money]

I always ignored this video but decided to stop making assumptions and listen since it's just two minutes

And now I can know BothSiders don't know shyt about politics instead of just assuming


Basically she says she won't commit to something that only helps specifically black people and will instead target things that indirectly help black people more than everyone, while reminding people that something that indirectly helps black people will help everyone else so they shouldn't be mad about that.

In other words shes playing the game the way its supposed to be played. Especially it today's age where we are LITERALLY seeing republicacs SUING ALL POLICIES that DIRECTLY help black people specifically, like affirmative action and the smaller reparations pilot programs across the country.

Instead she's supposed to commit political suicide for something that would get struck down by Trump's corrupt Supreme Court

Cherry on the top was all the BothSider bots in the youtube comments of this video

What an embarrassing attempt at shilling.

 

[that guy]

Democrats aren't going to give blacks shyt. They explicitly say as much as evidenced by the video
That's still a dumb reason not to vote them when the other side has plans to actively damage the black community
It's basically status quo vs going back to pre civil rights america
We can't get hung up on the fact Democrats ain't going do shyt for the community, it's about harm reduction at this point with the hope the Dems can be shifted over time with more (real) black representatives in the party

Not doing anything for black people is actively damaging to the black community. It’s like choosing a doctor who will let you hemorrhage to death over a doctor that will actively try to kill you. You’re just delaying the inevitable. Black people are bleeding economically from systematic racism and democratics dont even want to stop the bleeding. Look at how they shipped thousands of migrants to black cities.

Blindly supporting one party is even more damaging. It gives the other party a reason to become more extreme.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

To be honest, even your explanation can't fix what she said. She's only reminding black people that this country is built on racism and there's nothing she can do. That's it.

Shes reminding people that you gotta finesse given the country and it's inability to move forward. But that's not what the bothsiders took away. And I'm sure they said "what about the Asian crime bill" a study and research bill that didn't do shyt they think it did. They think because of the name of the bill Asians got a leg up and "tangibles" they always bring this up when you say you can't specifically do things for Black people and when Democrats do and they are shut down these morons still don't understand why finesse has to be used. You can't win arguing with fools. Their comprehension is the issue.

 

[Ski Mask]

Be happy theyre willing to fight for your right to vote for them, cause when the hispanic numbers get high enough, they wont even fight for that anymore.

 

[Prodyson]

I already addressed this, Kamala is not saying she doesn’t think passing reparations isn’t feasible.

She is saying she is against the the very idea of giving black Americans compensation for systematic racism. Bernie sanders said the same thing. Democrats believe that black Americans are the only people that should not be addressed as a individual demographic. It’s called the benign neglect policy. The benign neglect policy allows them to satisfy the “liberal” white vote.

That’s why they’re always calling us “black and brown” “black and latino” “minority” we have to be included with at least 1 other group.

I also addressed the “rising tide lifts all boats” rhetoric. Giving everybody equal amounts of resources in a system with wealth inequality only further worsens the wealth gap. It doesn’t disproportionately benefit black people.

It’s just basic capitalism. During the pandemic for instance, everyone received the same amount of money but were all still competing for the same resources. The result is inflation due to higher demand for the same limited supply of consumer goods like housing, cars, etc. Yeah you got $2000 but used car prices also increased $2k, grocery prices went up, housing prices increase etc. The people that own the assets like homes are the benefactors.

Saying “a rising tide lifts all boats” is no different than “trickle down economics” It’s a lie and a excuse to continue policies that benefit the intended group. If you don’t understand basic economics and capitalism then don’t insinuate reparations supporters are uneducated.

No she is not. That is something you created in your head because you don’t like her answer. The same way she hasn’t explicitly said that she supports policies for black people only is the same way she hasn’t explicitly stated she doesn’t believe in reparations.

What she states is what she thinks she should DO and why she would do it while also stating that she recognizes the specific plight of black Americans.

She sidetracks giving yes/no answers because that can be used against her out of context, while simply stating what she would do just highlights her policy and approach.

 

[King Sun]

Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.

apnews.com

“Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.”

Black men voted democrat at over 80% in 2020
Black women voted democrat at over 90% in 2020

Kamala chose to promote the gender divide agenda by only thanking black women instead of just saying black people.

But according to shills, your a “c00n” if you don’t vote for this Asian broad

Sometimes I believe most of you brehs are just right wing cac worshippers. It's okay daddy trump said he will give you a Bryon Donald's cigar room talk.