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Newsome says "no" to California reparations proposal

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, May 10, 2023.

  1. tinman

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    They owe Latrell Sprewell
     
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    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    I think a global perspective is necessary when evaluating the impact of black slavery in the United States. A couple of facts to keep in mind:

    1. Every ethnicity has been a slave at some point in world history. This is not unique to blacks in the USA.

    2. In each and every major "melting pot" country, blacks are at or near the bottom in terms of wealth/income performance. USA, UK, France, South Africa all illustrate this point. So what is the real issue here? It doesn't appear to be specific to the USA's treatment of blacks or other races.
     
  3. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I'm not a supporter of reparations but slavery in the Ameicas was very unique in its brutally. From being ripped from our homeland, stripped of any of our culture to the work to the treatment such as punishment.

    Not to mention it's just stupid. What happened here has nothing to do with anything else in terms of actual ramifications here.
     
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  4. tinman

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    The real issue is that Knicks paid Alan Houston so much money
    all the Black people there felt disrespected
    @Os Trigonum
     
  5. HTM

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    Lots of slaves have been ripped from their homeland and culture and suffered violence. There's nothing unique about it to the African slave experience in the United States. Western Europeans were enslaved and sent into slavery in Islamic North Africa for hundreds of years.
     
  6. tinman

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    Based on woke ideology
    They owe the native Americans should get more money than Black People
    Then Great Britain has to pay the reparations because they really started this country
    Then you got Romans has to pay reparations
    Then you need God to pay reparations for have a species this dumb to think boys are girls

    @AroundTheWorld
     
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    All this is doing is creating a commission not actually paying reparations. It might not go any further than that.
     
  8. rocketsjudoka

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    This argument would be like saying “well a lot of people committed genocide so why should we care so much about the Holocaust.”
     
  9. tinman

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    But you get woke points for it though

    woke bingo night
     
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    Woke Bingo night is every other Wednesday. My favorite is the Lawrence Welk dance and punch bowl social after.
     
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    Shouldn’t the Chinese get all the reparations from California?
    You saw warrior season 2!

    but no way they are giving Asians the money cause they already rich and dominate that state

    why their kids so much smarter breh?
    Shouldn’t he care about the railroad workers and opium traders back in the day when his peeps were oppressed?
    Or should he just dominate ?

    @Salvy
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    @pgabriel @AroundTheWorld
     
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    Since you like YouTube videos. Also shameless self promotion.
     
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    Great video
    You should never be ashamed of being superior to newbs and non contributing members
     
  14. Os Trigonum

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    No, it’s not. You’re reading the situation entirely wrong. I didn’t say that at all.

    It’s like someone stating something as fact and someone else pointing out its wrong with another example.
     
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    @ROXRAN
    @Salvy
    @basso

    wokes want everything , where they getting the money breh?
    why disrupt traffic ? One breh said he works for the hospital
    @J.R.
    No MAGA in traffic just people who work at the hospital and not bums like wokesters
    @Commodore
    @basso
     
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    You avoided telling me why these kids became so smart when their ancestors can’t speak English
    Now they go to UC Berkeley and the other kids go to UC car wash
    @AroundTheWorld
     
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    Reparations are pretty much necessary to help close the systemic divide. Cash payments aren't going to be the answer though, except in rare instances.
     
  19. Os Trigonum

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    reparations can include and be limited to a simple apology. If an apology were the form reparations would take, I don't believe that will close the systematic divide
     
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    reparations are necessary, but are not the answer?

    saying the quiet part out loud.
     

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