Local Reparations program under attack

[BaggerofTea]

Tangibles fellas

 

[Gloxina]

 

[Brolic]

This sound like fake news. The republicans are gonna be the party that gives us tangibles in the future.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Tangibles fellas

All
We
Got
Is
Maga

They have a amazing track record

 

[Secure Da Bag]

But what happens when a white person finds out that they have Afram blood in them?

saying, “there will never be reparations in this country on a federal scale” is the equivalent of a slave on a plantation in the antebellum south saying, “we will always be slaves. we ain’t never gonna be free.”

So the law was written poorly? Cuz that should have been obvious to law makers.

This is why we're against "race- based" reparations, for all the pannies.

Full text of bill


● Revitalize, preserve, and stabilize Black/African-American owner-occupied homes in Evanston;
● Increase homeownership and build the wealth of Black/African-American residents;
● Build intergenerational equity amongst Black/African-American residents; and
● Improve the retention rate of Black/African-American homeowners in the City of Evanston.


1. Ancestor: African American or Black resident of the City between 1919 and 1969 who may have children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, or other issue defined as a “Direct Descendant.”
2. Applicant: Black or African-American person seeking compensation based on the criteria outlined in this guideline.
3. Black or African-American:A person having origins in any of Africa’s black racial and ethnic groups.

Everything including the actual reparations webpage mention ONLY decendants. The text in the bill itself merely defined who was wronged and who is eligible, and that 3rd point clearly leaves a bit of leeway e.g. "I had a black grandmother" said by someone who 100% passes as white.

Mind you, this is the 2nd time this same group attacked this law, and this is the first one of it's kind in the nation. It's way too soon to call it a poorly written law when white supremacists are gonna come at it any way they can.

From Judicial Watch's website:



This is there claim, and they have to prove it. Its claiming that they are not proving they were affected and that the 6 people they represent would qualify as well, basically backdooring non-blacks into reparations at large. Its like asking for notarized letters saying "You are black therefore you can not etc etc etc" rather than acknowledging the time period and the laws in place, which means ANY attempt at reparations can be "technically we don't know if that really happened" no matter how you word it. There is literally a city council session for Reparations tomorrow so I am sure this will come up and this law survived the first challenge. I won't fault a lamb for how a wolf repeatedly attacks it.

So how do you rewrite that law so that only Aframs receive reparations and not White people with an Afram great-grandparent or great-great-grandparent? Make it lineage-based without mentioning race?

 

[3rdWorld]

Tariq not gonna speak on this

Phillip Scott
Oshay
Angry man
Math Hoffa
CTG
Benny
Sauce money
Lawrence Taylor
That founding member of the black panther party


They gonna ignore this

You can drag em all by the ear to the plantatations and just leave them there...they'd be right at home.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Evanston is a rich suburban city. Those are the type to chop off their nose to spite their face. The reparations have already begun so good luck stopping them now

 

[At30wecashout]

So how do you rewrite that law so that only Aframs receive reparations and not White people with an Afram great-grandparent or great-great-grandparent? Make it lineage-based without mentioning race?

Thats the thing, doggy. If you have paid attention to court cases as of late, it doesn't matter how things are written so much as who presides over the ruling. Judges in Illinois are voted for.


PEOPLE HAVE TO VOTE!

And based on Rowe and DEI, you can't make a silver bullet legislation and believe it will just last forever. There has to be constant protection, the occasional revision of law, etc.

Which means we have to have people in office who actually want to save it. Evanston thankfully sees reparations as a positive so it will live. The people vote in favor of it.

PEOPLE HAVE TO VOTE!

I won't say it anymore but if it ain't obvious by now that folks need to actually vote, especially locallly cause this is of course a local program, and protect your interests. NOT voting is how your shyt gets took.

 

[Neuromancer]

...about the constitution?


This cracks me up. People told reparations supporters ages ago this wouldn't fly because right wing judges would rip it apart. And their solution is to do nothing, sit back and allow republican presidents to install more right wing judges, and then blame democrats. Brilliant plan folks.

There will never be reparations in this country on a federal scale. If it happens on the state level you'd need enough judges in place to shoot down nonsensical lawsuits like this, or you'd need the Supreme Court on your side to throw it out. Of course to get those judges you would need to....nah I'm not even gonna say it.

Need what? What breh?

 

[Brolic]

I noticed the Both sides, No Tangibles no vote posters are missing from this thread

 

[Neuromancer]

Damn it's like an epidemic.

 

[Kuro]

White people saying they should get it while saying black people shouldnt.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

This could possibly legitimately open the door for natiom wide reparations depending on how this ruling goes..........

 

[RamsayBolton]

Damn it's like an epidemic.

They were all waiting for a green light or I guess a Republican Red Light

 

[Mike809]

Why would democrats allow republicans to sue this reparations program?