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Reparations
The NAACP reaffirms and stands in favor of financial reparations to African Americans and those of African Descent in the United States that are descendants of the slavery and the Jim Crow Era.naacp.org
It's not that they don't want to have these discussions, they've been having these discussions for awhile now, they're not wanting to have these discussions with groups that move like they're unserious.
U fled why are you trying to convince people to leave America
Naacp = controlled opposition and always has been
You are incorrect. The NAACP has always made it their mission to fight for Black advancement and reparations.The NAACP doesn't believe in achieving reparations or that reparations is an achievable goal.
It has everything to do with reparations. If the method is where they disagree, that's where the floor gets open for discussion. But they don't want to have that discussion, because the NAACP isn't for reparations for ADOS in its current incarnation.
You are incorrect. The NAACP has always made it their mission to fight for Black advancement and reparations.
The word and meaning of what is reparations is subjective. Technically, our civil liberties, voting rights, and fair and equal education, among other things that were fought for and won during the Civil Rights Movement era are partially pieces of the reparations pie. None of those things would've been made possible without the contributions of NAACP who are one of the few who jump-started the fight for Black civil rights.
You can ignorantly tear down the NAACP all you want in favor of somewhat faceless miniature movements led by shoddy individuals and podcast personalities but the truth is whether you acknowledge it or not, the NAACP has done and produced much more meaningful impactful results for you, me, and every other Black person in America.
These little FBA/ADOS movements have done nothing impactful or meaningful to be taken seriously while lacking the credentials or the resume to be considered trustworthy on any merit which leaves them under the microscope with a “pending” status. They kicked that person out of the rally because of what message they're were pushing, it's not because of reparations, anybody with knowledge of the organization would know this.
What you highlighted are the remaining pieces of the reparations pie.This post confuses me.
@invalid provided what the NAACP has defined as reparations
Reparations would involve a national apology, rights to the cannabis industry, financial payment, social service benefits, and land grants to every descendant of an enslaved African American and Black person a descendant of those living in the United States including during American slavery until the Jim Crow era. 1965.
Land grant of 40 acres: Each family of 3 or more individuals (parents & children) shall be granted 40 acres of tillable land. No taxes are to be paid on the property for 5 years from the date the land is first bequeathed by the government. If taxes are not paid on the land or land is taken for any other reason (criminal seizure), those of African descent are to be given the first right of refusal and opportunity to purchase the land
Social Services: Due to the disparity in life expectancy, the descendants of enslaved people should be eligible earlier for receipt of benefits from Social Security, access to Medicare and other old age programs including store discounts, after participating in the workforce
If the NAACP has made it their mission to fight for reparations, in the nearly 60 years since the above-quoted 1965 what progress have they made in this and where is the roadmap and steps towards achieving this goal in the next 60 years?
So there is no roadmap to achieving the bolded in the next 60 years that you know of, or you would have posted it.What you highlighted are the remaining pieces of the reparations pie.
As I said reparations are and have always been more than one thing, it's not JUST money and land. To say the NAACP has done completely nothing in relation to reparations is ignorant, our civil and voting rights, an equal and fair education, and access to healthcare, among other things have always been a part of the reparations puzzle.
It's an ongoing fight. Y'all gotta stop with this ungrateful “what have you done for me lately” attitude. If it wasn't for the NAACP and many other Black leaders and figures of that era we wouldn't be in the position we are now to even have this conversation. In the meantime, be grateful for what we have that our elders and ancestors did not get to envision or fully live to see it. You don't get anywhere tearing down and disparaging the work and impact the same figures and organizations put in that made it possible for us to live a better life compared to what was once before.
I'm not wasting my time arguing with an ungrateful ignorant fool who believes these recent mini movements which haven't done anything meaningful or impactful in Black people's lives, while not having the credentials/resume to be taken seriously by any merit, led by shoddy individuals and personalities has somehow reached a concluded belief that (in his mind) they've gone through hell and back for him and made significant improvements in his life as a Black person more than any individual or organization before them has ever done despite them not doing anything leading to results.So there is no roadmap to achieving the bolded in the next 60 years that you know of, or you would have posted it.
Ok.
There has also been no real progress towards the bolded that you know of made in the last 60 years, or you would have posted it.
Ok.
So we can both admit that the NAACP has been largely ineffective in accomplishing the bolded provided to me by another poster which is the official NAACP stance on reparations. Not what @Unbothered or UpNext considers as reparations, it's a direct link to their page that fully defines it as they see it and that's what it is.
Man bro, you'd think that for an organization to have been around so long with as much funding as backing NAACP...y'all would be able to just hit back with all the steps they've made towards the bolded and a roadmap to achieving the bolded.I'm not wasting my time arguing with an ungrateful ignorant fool who acts like these recent mini movements who have done nothing that resulted in meaningful and impactful changes in Black people's lives, while not having the credentials/resume to be taken seriously by any merit led by shoddy individuals and personalities have somehow (in his mind) gone through hell and back for him and made significant improvements in his life as a Black person.
Your response tells me you can't deny the legitimacy of the NAACP's role of attributing meaningful impact within the lives and rights of Black people compared to these little suspect fringe movements that have done nothing but talk and disparage the very same work and impact everybody else before then put in so instead you play the sarcastic strawman games.
I'm aware of NAACP's link and I already explained to you that those are just the remaining pieces to the puzzle. Everything else has already been fought for and won, economic and land reparations are among the few things left which is going to take time.
Man bro, you'd think that for an organization to have been around so long with as much funding as backing NAACP...y'all would be able to just hit back with all the steps they've made towards the bolded and a roadmap to achieving the bolded.
But the NAACP very clearly doesn't take this issue seriously (if behind closed doors they even support it at all), so all you've got is high brow insults. Trust me, if ADOS over the next 10 years shows itself to be ineffective I will have moved off them too (notice how I gave the NAACP a 60 year roadmap and ADOS a 10). But until then, all I can do is back the folks who at the very least are making it appear that they are trying. The NAACP doesn't look like it can even do that in its current incarnation.
We losing rights and political standing left and right and the NAACP out here advocating for migrants.Everything else has already been fought for and won
What you highlighted are the remaining pieces of the reparations pie.
As I said reparations are and have always been more than one thing, it's not JUST money and land. To say the NAACP has done completely nothing in relation to the fight for reparations is ignorant, our civil and voting rights, an equal and fair education, and access to healthcare, among other things have always been a part of the reparations puzzle.
It's an ongoing fight. Y'all gotta stop with this ungrateful “what have you done for me lately” attitude, people have died, beaten, humiliated, raped, and jailed, among other things just for you to have the nerve to sit there with an “it's not good enough” attitude. If it wasn't for the NAACP and many other Black leaders and figures of that era we wouldn't be in the position we are now to even have this conversation.
In the meantime, be grateful for what we have that our elders and ancestors did not get to envision or fully live to see it. You don't get anywhere tearing down and disparaging the work and impact the same figures and organizations put in that made it possible for us to live a better life compared to what was once before.