iceteebone
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this thread doesn't mention who should recieve and who should pay.
Overall, nobody really should be paying, maybe some government funds or something should be given to them, and then given to them in ways that it can be monitored on how it's spent, for example, give them college funds or things like that.
Also, who gets the money? I think Native Americans would deserve something before blacks, but blacks that can prove they had ancestors that were slaves should recieve something.
Also, about someone saying nobody could live a month in Africa? what are you talkin about? I lived there 4 months and travelled to several different spots of Africa, only 1 place was a place in poverty, every other place was good living and in some ways better than living in the US. Do you think all Blacks can afford to go back to these nicer African places and live there? maybe have a fund to allow them to go back?
and for people saying they never owned a slave, or the blacks have never been slaves that would recieve money.... think about this, if your ancestors did (and I know not all ancestors owned slaves) then think of your family's wealth, it was built on slaves labor. So if your ancestors got rich and owned slaves and used that as an advantage to get ahead, then remember the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.... these slaves families were let free as poor people and had to start from there.... and are more than likely still poor now.
But it can be looked at in many ways, I wouldn't want to pay or recieve reperations (I am part white and part blacks, what happens to guys like me? haha), but I am saying, put some money to help anyone poor out (blacks, whites, asians, Natives) and it will improve the world we live in... So things like college funds would be nice.
But I would say HELL NO to ever giving these people cash.
i lived in detroit and my neighborhood was 99% balck and i guaruntee you if you gave them money, it sure as hell wouldn't go to improving themselves.....
