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The Fox guarding the hen house ass thread & hearing
Happy Juneteenth to the real tho
Happy Juneteenth to the real tho
Live Now! HR 40 Reparations for African American Slavery Congressional Hearing
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many people romanticize Jim Crow and Segregation as "we were better off, we had our own______". But what also came with that was limited resources, over-policing, etc...while white neighborhoods soaked up all the resources. I understand that sentiment behind the first part. Like I'm sure there was a small part of that period where it was nice to have a totally black neighborhood with no white people around, but we were definitely not separate but equal. We still ended up with "the hood"...poverty/crime/death/over-policing/etc...
Yep and thats the part folks never talk about. My grandfather (on my mothers side) and his family literally got ran off their land and ran out of the south by the klan and racist whites.
There are countless stories like this. Then on my fathers side his mother and her family were as you said shut out of resources in the south. Living in basically 3rd world conditions in Mississippi at that time.
Not to mention how black folks then literally had no civil rights. shyt we take for granted now they didn't even have then.
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I actually think Yvette was actually agreeing with Coates there.
Dr. Malveaux and the white woman, Katrina Browne, spit some truth. Sad when you had brothers up there arguing against reparations and a white person that directly benefitted from slavery saying "yeah we owe black people everything they want".
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Got it. True.
See, I didn't get that from Coates statement.
How was it capitalist though? Just trying to understand her pushback.
Oh Dr. Malveaux was up there? Good that sista been talking about reparations since I was a kid. She is one if the smartest economist from a black perspective out there IMO.
GoAggieGo.
getting blitzed.
Damn, just caught up in this thread.
Although some hiccups, I thought the hearing went well. We learn from our mistakes during this run, improve on them, and come back stronger next time.
We’ve got them talking, and now it’s on us to keep them talking. Those who were doing work before, keep on doing work. Those who weren’t and would like to get involved, please get involved, as we need all the help we can get. Those who don’t want to get involved or doesn’t believe in the cause, that’s cool, just please stay out the way.
I’m just tired of the bickering. Let’s regroup, and continue the fight. Whatever group you are apart of, I don’t care. If you’re for reparations, then it will show in time.
Although some hiccups, I thought the hearing went well. We learn from our mistakes during this run, improve on them, and come back stronger next time.
We’ve got them talking, and now it’s on us to keep them talking. Those who were doing work before, keep on doing work. Those who weren’t and would like to get involved, please get involved, as we need all the help we can get. Those who don’t want to get involved or doesn’t believe in the cause, that’s cool, just please stay out the way.
I’m just tired of the bickering. Let’s regroup, and continue the fight. Whatever group you are apart of, I don’t care. If you’re for reparations, then it will show in time.
exactly
except for one obvious person in here
it feels good to see us come together instead of bickering
The tweet is very confusing to me too.
I can read partly into it, but the capitalist part is over my head.
Yes, she was excellent.
Whats trump got to do with this Im lost
Yep, but obviously she can't just state that. So it's understandable why she said the ignorant part
there are many black voices out there that needed to be heard...