Reparations have become the latest target for conservative activists. Advocates say they are prepared to fight back

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A conservative group’s lawsuit against a reparations program in Evanston, Illinois, that provides some Black residents with cash payments and housing assistance, has left advocates for reparations worried this could be the first of many attacks on their efforts to redress the harms of slavery, segregation and systemic racism in the United States.

For the tangibles squad, are y'all on the front lines here or not? :sas2:
 

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:francis:Here comes the same characters with that bullshyt. Dems literally got this thing kicked off after years of study. This is the 2nd time this same group has tried to pull some shyt against Evanston reparations.

They are doing what they can (there was a meeting last week to address Reparations again) but the opposition is well-funded (out of state Judicial Watch) and will no doubt keep trying. Evanston is a little city. If the case manages to stick, it could end that.

So in summary: don't get on the soapbox about "Dems" just because your area apparently doesn't have anyone putting in work. They are trying, but as with ANY initiatives that target black people specifically, as many of you ask for, this is going to happen. Even the article itself cites other things that constantly get dinged for not being race neutral. This is not a "How is reparations worded" problem, it's a white supremacists never give up problem. The Democrats locally are doing their jobs.
 

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Interesting how you framed this thread as an attack on a group of black people instead of the cacs intentionally trying to hinder this.
Hit dogs holler breh.

Truthfully, the act of claiming to be for something without works is foolish and ignorant. Regardless of if you don't vote, inaction is still an action and there will be repercussions to be had either way. There isn't even an effort to put an onus on one party. It's the Democrats fault.

Case in point, there were 30 million eligible Black voters in 2020. Biden won 87% of our vote. Entertain for a second, every eligible voter that's black voted in 2020. That's 26 million as a high point. Biden had 81 million votes in total. We weren't even a third of their vote and financially, we represent much less. Allowing a republican in office is just a multiplier for sliding back policies via the courts. We may never see reparations in our lifetimes but the fight doesn't stop so that it may in our kids or their kids lives. Incremental progress has to be made. The world's richest man is a bigot and regularly spews and retweets racially incorrect and inflammatory things on his platform. The largest political news network in the country has armed and harmed most of America with disinformation for the better part of 30 years now.

Most of the Democrats that aren't black will be fine either way, Dem or GOP in office. It's us that isn't the case. Sad state of affairs, sure but to look at life any other way is to not take an accurate account of what is happening in this county and this world. Authoritarianism is on the rise, right-wing governments are on the rise. The Democratic Party, like it or not, are the last levee before all hell breaks loose in this country.
 
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