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Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:
If reparations are supposed to be paid on an individual basis, I'm against it.
First, as soon as the reparations are paid to us, everyone else would have the idea that they've done enough to "level the playing field". They would think that affirmative action and other such programs were no longer necessary, and do away with them.
Second, what will happen once the money is gone? I would like to think that my people would invest their money wisely and pass it on to their children, but I know that we are the biggest consumers in the country. Many of us will end up like the lottery winners that spend all of their fortune within a year's time.
I read Horowitz's article and many of the responses. He's a Jewish guy with below average intelligence who has figured out a way to become popular with White people. Most of the respondents appear to be beside themselves at the thought of paying reparations to "baboons", "people who call in to work every Monday and Friday", "people whose college degrees aren't worth the paper they're printed on because they take all the easy classes", and my personal favorite "welfare and food stamp recipients".
This isn't rocket science. It's really very simple. Changing your racist mindset is FREE. Being fair is FREE. Hiring the most qualified person for the job is FREE. Choosing to judge on the content of one's character is FREE. If you don't want to pay reparations, why not try some of these FREEBIES on for size.
Just my $0.02.
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The point is, my sista, THEY OWE US!!! The coffee, tobacco, sugar, steel, and railroad industries(and their heirs) all owe us. How dare anyone complain HOW we spend the money. Spending the money will only help the economy, their economy, because they still own all of the means of production. Those of us that understand what I've said will know how we should collectively spend any such funds; problem is, do we trust one another enough to do the right thing?
[This message has been edited by The Original Ape (edited March 27, 2001).]