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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Who said that apologzing was the end all to be all?? It's a START and an important start at that!
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You and I have different definitions of 'important' - and in fact we may disagree on the meaning of 'start' but I digress. This apology smells of wasted effort, and very little return on this effort to directly impact the plight of black Americans.
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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
I need you to read before you respond to my comments. I said reparations isn't SOLELY about money. Most people, white folks in particular, think that the government is going to ask them to come out of their pockets to give Black folks money. That is not what organizers/supporters are simply asking for. They are asking for funding for programs/foundations to help level the playing field.
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No one has made any comments to the effect of "money from my pocket" in this thread. I can appreciate your frustration and your ranting, but I'm trying to address exactly this point - can you, or anyone else, provide a systemic approach for leveling this playing field? Why don't we address this topic directly, and with our full attention and resources? HOW, not why.
Until we have such an approach in hand, we are simply being wasteful by seeking out inconsequential 'victories' of this type for African Americans. We don't know what war we're fighting - and it is 'we', as the issue affects all Americans.
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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Why is it whenever dicussions about inequality are brought up on GC people get ridiculously defensive and refuse to admit that wrongs have been done to particular groups of people in this country? And refuse to see that something that may have happened 150 years ago CONTINUES to affect the country?
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Wait, I'm being defensive here? The irony button is blinking.
No one has 'refused to admit' that slavery existed, that slavery was horrific, and that the enslavement and any aftereffects are confined to the black population for all intents and purposes.
Instead, I'm trying to address the problem - whacking Wachovia over the wrist and wringing out an apology (for purchasing another bank, at that) simply doesn't smack of advancement to me.
One more time: if we're going to find a solution to this particular problem, this sort of apology will not be a major portion of it, and questing for such apologies does little or nothing to impact the plight of black Americans.