Reparations need to be THE issue for African Americans by the 2018/2020 elections

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No, but cold hard cash will do.

Coli cash

 

[Londilon]

But they tell us we didn't build their cities. Yet Egypt still stands today.

 

[Londilon]

Lehman Brothers, whose business empire started in the slave trade, recently admitted their part in the business of slavery.

According to the Sun Times, the financial services firm acknowledged recently that its founding partners owned not one, but several enslaved Africans during the Civil War era and that, “in all likelihood,” it “profited significantly” from slavery.

“This is a sad part of our heritage …We’re deeply apologetic … It was a terrible thing … There’s no one sitting in the United States in the year 2005, hopefully, who would ever, in a million years, defend the practice,” said Joe Polizzotto, general counsel of Lehman Brothers.

Lehman Brothers, where is my money?

 

[Londilon]

Coli cash

naw, breh. But I can take it in gold and diamonds

 

[Londilon]

JPMorgan Chase recently admitted their company’s links to slavery.

“Today, we are reporting that this research found that, between 1831 and 1865, two of our predecessor banks—Citizens Bank and Canal Bank in Louisiana—accepted approximately 13,000 enslaved individuals as collateral on loans and took ownership of approximately 1,250 of them when the plantation owners defaulted on the loans,” the company wrote in a statement.

Your loan is now in collections, they will be contacting you soon.

 

[ORDER_66]

2018?!?! Will we be alive by then?!!? what will be the state of black america if this country is on the decline?!? You really think these multinational corps that exist that made their bricks and mortars off slave labor gonna pay us back??? You think any politician gonna FORCE them too?

 

[Ronnie Lott]

not going to happend and if it did a lot of black people here are not properly equipped to deal with a sudden large inflow of cash. most of that money would get wasted on bull shyt and it would only give racist more ammo to say look we told y'all nikkas ain't shyt.

What a pathetic post

 

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Who uses SNAP?
SNAP eligibility rules require that participants be at or below 130% of the Federal Poverty Level. Recent studies show that 44% of all SNAP participants are children (age 18 or younger), with almost two-thirds of SNAP children living in single-parent households. In total, 76% of SNAP benefits go towards households with children, 11.9% go to households with disabled persons, and 10% go to households with senior citizens.

According to demographic data, 39.8% of SNAP participants are white, 25.5% are African-American, 10.9% are Hispanic, 2.4% are Asian, and 1% are Native American.
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[Enzo]

It's not that difficult. If you're family are descendants of AMERICAN slavery, then the AMERICAN government should give those people reparations. My family is Jamaican, and the Jamaican government is fighting for reparations from Britain.

When it comes to black people, all of a sudden people want to get real silly like there aren't volumes upon volumes of slave roles showing who was owned by who. I agree 100% that African Americans deserve reparations for slavery even though I won't receive a penny of that money. They are owed for 400 years of free labor and centuries of inhumane treatment from the US government, even if it means that my taxes would go up to pay for it.

Bet. Now what about people who are half? Who aren't on the books? Who don't have their history traced? I'm all for it. I just want to understand how the people who really need it will get it as opposed to people who would just take advantage of it.

 

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Bet. Now what about people who are half? Who aren't on the books? Who don't have their history traced? I'm all for it. I just want to understand how the people who really need it will get it as opposed to people who would just take advantage of it.

If you aren't classified as African American and cant trace your roots to slavery then you don't count.

 

[flo]

The people who should be supplied with reparations have died or dying. Anyone born post 1960s should leave the topic alone.

 

[Sean312]

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Mr.Ross is actually my best friends grandfather. I live on the next block lol. It's crazy how his grandchildren live now smfh, and what he had to go through. Reparations are definetly owed and needed. And as soon as we stop clubbing and get serious we WILL get it. The us can't catch a bad look like that and turn is down

 

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Hey finally got to get to your point.

I will never argue that it is not harder for us Blacks. Thats just plain stupid. But a large part of WHY it is harder in my view is not because of racism. It is because of cultural perceptions.

If blacks have a bad perceptions and stereotypes (largely) in this country because of our widespread cultural ignorance and violence. This affects all blacks.

But even though it is harder. We should work hard and do what we need to do to become successful (by the way the same way a lot of successful black do it).

Work hard, get educated and stay out of trouble. Stop blaming other ppl for your issues/problems etc... Self accountability. That is your key to success and the equalizer.

again i'm going to assume you're black for fun.

Do you understand human psychology? I mean reallllly understand it.
Let's discuss victim blaming.

lets start off with recent events

So, why didn’t DuBose get out of the car? Singer, DJ, and natural hair fashionista Solange summed it up perfectly in just one tweet: “Dear world, black people do not want to exit our vehicles in cop-related incidents because we’ve seen that end in murder too many times.”

And even though the Cincinnati prosecutor announced murder charges, that hasn’t stopped people from arguing with Solange and proclaiming that DuBose could have avoided being shot if he had just gotten out of the car.

Which is basically like saying, “Even though he was well within his legal rights, he was kind of asking for it.”

And when it comes to not being killed by the police the list of dos and don’ts for black people continues to grow.

[As she lists each of these reasons, the following names appear on the screen: Dontre Hamilton, Ezell Ford, Tanisha Anderson, Philip White, Yvette Smith, Sandra Bland, John Crawford III, Eric Garner, Aiyana Jones, Rumain Brisbon, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Jonathan Ferrell, Freddie Gray, Mike Brown.]

• Don’t be mentally ill.
• Don’t fall asleep on a couch.
• Look, don’t carry a pill bottle.
• Don’t use the stairs.
• Don’t play with toy guns.
• Don’t call the police for help.
• Well, don’t have a broken taillight.
• Don’t have an attitude.
• Don’t get in a car accident.
• Don’t buy an air rifle in Walmart.
• Don’t ride in a police van.
• Don’t sell loose cigarettes.
• Don’t walk in the middle of the road, man.

Or, just don’t be black.

So in light of all of these examples, why do people continue to blame the victims?

Well, for some people, acknowledging how racial bias plays a role in police brutality, it challenges the sense that America is safe and just for everyone. And for others placing blame makes them feel safe, the thinking being, “This type of injustice could never happen to me, because I behave a certain way.”

But accepting the truth can be terrifying because what it means is that for a large portion of Americans, life and death encounters with the police can be completely random and no fault of their own.

But the reality is we need to stop looking for ways to blame victims of police brutality and start holding cops accountable instead.

Let me change the last sentence

But the reality is we need to stop looking for ways to blame victims of racism and white supremacy and start holding racist whites accountable instead.

Many stereotypes of black men stem from an “underclass mythology,” said Cedric Johnson, a professor of African-American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

“We promote an underclass mythology defined by false beliefs that the poor don’t want to work, don’t value education, don’t share the same values as we do,” he said. “So black lives are devalued by both the economy and within our popular discourse, which says they have no stake and don’t deserve support.”

Fourteen Examples of Racism in Criminal Justice System
Fourteen Examples of Racism in Criminal Justice System

Many stereotypes of black men stem from an “underclass mythology,” said Cedric Johnson, a professor of African-American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

“We promote an underclass mythology defined by false beliefs that the poor don’t want to work, don’t value education, don’t share the same values as we do,” he said. “So black lives are devalued by both the economy and within our popular discourse, which says they have no stake and don’t deserve support.”

Why did i add the above article? if they are locking us up more often than they are locking up white people. more men are not with their families, more men are not making any money due to being either in jail or with a jail record so they cant get a decent paying job. which causes them to go back to the illegal route. and back to jail.

if you look at what was going on in ferguson. people were not even doing anything worse than getting a simple ticket. sometimes the cops were giving them fix it tickets for things that were not broken on their cars. all for what? to make them pay a fine, come to court pay another fine, etc. all of the money goes to the city officials coffers. most of whom were white.

So even when you're doing right. they are putting you in a situation you look like you're doing wrong. even when you do something a little bit incorrect(which all people do). they are hitting you with ridiculous jail time, or over the top probation, and/or fines that you can't afford which will get you a warrant and will get you thrown in jail if they catch you.

So i'm saying if all blacks were model citizens. white supremacy would still do everything in its power to find a way to harm you.

Six. African Americans are frequently illegally excluded from criminal jury service according to a June 2010 study released by the Equal Justice Initiative. For example in Houston County, Alabama, 8 out of 10 African Americans qualified for jury service have been struck by prosecutors from serving on death penalty cases.

Seven. Trials are rare. Only 3 to 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial - the rest are plea bargained. Most African Americans defendants never get a trial. Most plea bargains consist of promise of a longer sentence if a person exercises their constitutional right to trial. As a result, people caught up in the system, as the American Bar Association points out, plead guilty even when innocent. Why? As one young man told me recently, "Who wouldn't rather do three years for a crime they didn't commit than risk twenty-five years for a crime they didn't do?"

African American Wrongful Convictions Today

For Black History Month, I wrote about five historical cases of African Americans wrongfully convicted in the Jim Crow era. In today’s follow up, I’ll examine how contemporary wrongful convictions compare. While triumphant present-day innocence stories are all notable successes, and it’s always remarkable when an innocent person finally gets his or her day of justice to be released from hollowed prison walls, the majority (63%) of those exonerated through DNA evidence are African American.

The presumption of innocence for African Americans throughout the criminal process is still hard-won. Racially biased harassment in poor neighborhoods is an all too common occurrence for African Americans. As adolescents, such constant police pressure leads to a cycle of criminal arrests. Biases against those with criminal records can often lead to suspicion, stops and interrogations.

Thomas McGowan, for instance, was falsely convicted of rape in Dallas, Texas, and exonerated through DNA testing in 2008. McGowan had prior police contact because of a minor traffic violation. McGowan’s mugshot from that arrest was entered into a photo lineup, and he was wrongly identified by the victim. Many Innocence Project clients, having no prior record of committing violent crimes, became suspects because of recurring police contact.
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OH THATS RIGHT YOU SAID just be a good boy and go to school and that will be that. well to get into college you have to get out of elementary school with a decent education to go on to do well in middle school and high school. so you wont get to college and be behind before you start.

American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds

Public school students of color get more punishment and less access to veteran teachers than their white peers, according to surveys released Friday by the U.S. Education Department that include data from every U.S. school district.

Black students are suspended or expelled at triple the rate of their white peers, according to the U.S. Education Department's 2011-2012 Civil Rights Data Collection, a survey conducted every two years. Five percent of white students were suspended annually, compared with 16 percent of black students, according to the report. Black girls were suspended at a rate of 12 percent -- far greater than girls of other ethnicities and most categories of boys.

At the same time, minority students have less access to experienced teachers. Most minority students and English language learners are stuck in schools with the most new teachers. Seven percent of black students attend schools where as many as 20 percent of teachers fail to meet license and certification requirements. And one in four school districts pay teachers in less-diverse high schools $5,000 more than teachers in schools with higher black and Latino student enrollment.

Such discrimination lowers academic performance for minority students and puts them at greater risk of dropping out of school, according to previous research. The new research also shows the shortcomings of decades of legal and political moves to ensure equal rights to education. The Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling banned school segregation and affirmed the right to quality education for all children. The 1964 Civil Rights Act guaranteed equal access to education.

Institutional Racism Is Our Way of Life

Even disabled black children suffer from institutional racism. About a fifth of disabled children are black – yet they account for 44 and 42 percent of disabled students put in mechanical restraints or placed in seclusion.

When juveniles hit the court system, it discriminates against blacks as well. Black children are 18 times more likely to be sentenced as adults than white children, and make up nearly 60 percent of children in prisons,according to the APA. Black juvenile offenders are much more likely to beviewed as adultsin juvenile detention proceedings than their white counterparts.

even our special ed/disabled kids cant catch a break.

Oh but just work hard and get a good job

In the workplace,black college graduates are twice as likely as whites to struggle to find jobs- the jobless rate for blacks has been double that of whites for decades. Astudy even found that people with “black-sounding names”had to send out 50 percent more job applications than people with “white-sounding names” just to get a call back.

And it gets worse the higher up the pay scale you go. For every $10,000 increase in pay, blacks’ percentages of holding that job falls by 7 percent compared to whites.

The numbers get ridiculous in certain parts of the country,the project found. On the New Jersey Turnpike, for instance, blacks make up 15 percent of drivers, more than 40 percent of stops and 73 percent of arrests – even though they break traffic laws at the same rate as whites. In New York City, blacks and Hispanics were three and four times as likely to be stopped and frisked as whites.

I mean da... Brick city. Come on now. give a bruh a break, can i hit the turnpike without being harassed by cops?


So now with all that said above. what can we black people do about it? Do what we can to be good citizens. while also understand we were and still are victims of racism white supremacy and if there is ever a time where it needs to be called out. DO SO. never sugar coat it or act as if it isnt what it is. DO NOT BLAME THE VICTIM. BLAME THE OPPRESSOR/PERPETRATOR.

And remember no matter how smart you are, how much money you make. You can still fall prey to racism white supremacy.

 

[rapbeats]

oh and one more for the road. just in case you still had doubts.
Public Education in America: A Pillar of Institutional Racism | Black Agenda Report

I guess “complaining” and refusing to accept institutional racism in America’s public school system is just an indicator of black people making excuses. I guess black people from inner cities should simply accept lack of educational funding for their schools get predicated on the inadequacy of property taxes. I guess black parents should accept the streamlining of their children into sewing classes instead of AP (advanced placement) courses. I presume that black parents should accept the very real “school to prison pipeline” that has been created for black youth. It is a system so nefarious that several states base the building of juvenile detention centers and prisons on deficiencies in first grade reading scores. This means that instead of using state and federal money to invest in programs that bring grade school kids up to par in reading they use the money to build prisons for them knowing that illiteracy is a major indicator of someone’s future in “crime.”

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

White people giving us a free check outside of the usual government check.

Don't even wait on that. Continue to hustle for that money and help out the community the best way you can.