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Originally posted by Senam06
3. If you received a check in the mail from the US government paying you for reparations, and the amount was a flat amount of $15,000.
I would hope that I can urge people to not spend it, because $15,000 is a lot of money, but not enough to replace what our ancestors went through.
Realistically though I might spend it on something I don't need.
4. If YOU were elected president after a major overhaul of our present electoral college.
I would choose a vice president, who I would hope can run this country. Then resign so he can be president. Then I would look at how I can recieve retirement.
5. If YOU discovered by accident a cure for cancer, aids and lukemia; but you were tempted to sell this cure for $100million dollars to a pharmeceutical company that would not use it--on EVERYBODY that needed it.
I know there are other companies that would gladly pay me and distribute it to the world.
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I can respect four and five alot man, and I see number three in a whole new light. I still think it would be nice if everyone pulled their resources together and invested money in the black community to further build the black community, but I do agree that $15,000 is not near enough for reparations. However, it is a start (not a big start but A start) in acknowledging their error and I think that if planned effectively, collectively, we could turn the $$$ into alot more.