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Originally posted by madmax


No I wasn't kidding about the 40 acre and a mule comment. Anyone that wants 40 acres and a mule is looking for a free ride.

Why should the government fix broken windows that they didn't break? The individuals that broke the windows should fix them and if they dont fix them, then they deserve to live in a ghetto.

Having grown up in the "ghetto", I have to agree to an extent. That Broken Window theory is very true. I've seen it in this neighborhood. People are just content to live with this garbage. The drugs, the sex, the whatever, they just don't care. Now, the other side to that is the people who are in the ghetto by necessity, that just can't afford to live anywhere else. We were just looking at apartments, and they are EXPENSIVE even IN the ghetto. SO there are lots of people forced to live there. And you can't say well get another job, because if that's the case, you betta take a bag lunch to work and take cooking classes because McD's, BK, Wendy's ALL of them will be closed. SOMEone has to work there. ANd those that do need somewhere to go, butthe low cost places are triflin. And its not the government's fault.


But back to the subject at hand, I think that if all other groups imposed upon by the US have been compensated (Native Americans, Japanese, etc) then I don't understand why blacks shouldn't be. The 40 acres and a mule might be a bit much at this point, but there are other ways to face the issue. A#1, it should be mandatory for all school curriculums to include a section on slavery in addition to all other oppressions imposed by the US. We always wannna highlight the good and try to ignore the bad. It all needs to be put on Front Street. In addition to that, other financial reparations should be paid the black community as a whole, it would be too complicated to try and trace who's from a slave at this point in time. Besides its not as if there are a LOT of actual records anyway. But SOMETHING needs to be given to the community.

And all I can say to PM_Mama and other on her wavelength, is to get a heart and get a clue. If you were in an accident and someone wrecked your car, and their insurance company said they were gonna get you a new car on the same level as yours, and you had a Mercedes and they gave you a Yugo, you'd be at the courthouse filing papers ASAP. This is an even bigger situation, with the promise being even more critical. They said it, they owe it, end of discussion.