Reparations for slavery...... yay or nay?

[p4pking]

You're completely correct Kabong, but Master wasnt unreasonable either. The whole exchange just goes to show why this idea is so unreasonable. It can never work. Never has or will, its not a good concept.

The unreasonable part is it's been 154 years since slavery has ended and this is being brought up now, WHY? I know we're all being told racism is worse than ever and our President is somehow this huge racist, but that doesn't play to the facts of what the President has accomplished for the Black community....the truth of the matter is that for the first time in a long time Black voters are seeing their political power not as a monolith, but as a dynamic group that demands and deserves results and the Democrats can't have that.

Didnt you just answer the question though? Im actually asking because i dont know and it hurts my eyes to read much because im shitfaced.

[X]

I think you all should pay reparations ........ to me.

That is because I am great, and you all are crazy fools who should shut yo jibber jabber.

That is all.

[Fenster]

So the general gist is "slave reparations" is a piss take.

How about these reparations - The government has quietly ruled out compensating black African veterans of the second world war who were paid a third as much as their white counterparts. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-get-uk-payout

Many people are obviously outraged, claiming it's yet another example of the evil racist UK, we should take down the statues, do away with the war memorials, whilst others say enough of this "race baiting," how far do we go back searching for wrongdoings.

[TitoFan]

If I may weigh in on that..... (may I?)


I would side with the veterans on this one. It's a more measurable issue. It's fairly recent in comparison to slavery. It was a clear injustice with dollars and cents (or pounds) attached.

The fact that the government says it's too much trouble to go back and do the necessary investigations does not hold water. Frankly it's B.S.

At least that's MY opinion. It's what divides opinion between people. But in this case it was a clear wrong that should be righted.

[walrus]

If I may weigh in on that..... (may I?)


I would side with the veterans on this one. It's a more measurable issue. It's fairly recent in comparison to slavery. It was a clear injustice with dollars and cents (or pounds) attached.

The fact that the government says it's too much trouble to go back and do the necessary investigations does not hold water. Frankly it's B.S.

At least that's MY opinion. It's what divides opinion between people. But in this case it was a clear wrong that should be righted.

As long as denilson doesn’t get any I’ll throw in a couple bucks

[TIC]

victimhood is a pit you'll never escape because compassionate people keep pushing you back in

[Beanz]

victimhood is a pit you'll never escape because compassionate people keep pushing you back in

That statement is a bit of a nothingburger and really is irrelevant to the subject of reparations. Taking control and fighting to right an injustice is not an example of a narcissist or someone with a victim mentality playing out a role. Empathy is not a weakness it the reason we as humans have evolved such complex social systems and got where we are as a human race. When people blame their parents for not doing well in life or the absence of a parent for their own narcissism, then yes of course people can be fooled into playing the part of an enabler or mirror for the victims own projections. When a person though is actually financially, emotionally, socially and politically actually held responsible for the sins a parent never even committed, in a very real sense it is hugely dishonest to pretend that they are just suffering from buying into a victim mentality.


When a society tries to bury the denial of justice as if it were a mere trifle, an insignificant side note, you end up with statements like yours. I do not know you personally, so i will assume it is something you are repeating, but it sounds like the words of someone trying to punish others for their own unaddressed issues.