SteelTrap- Thank You
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Originally posted by LeslieEMU:
I don't mean you, I mean people in general. But yes, if something happened to my ancestors, it happened to them, not me. And while I can be angered (or proud if it's a good thing) by thing in the past, the suffering/glory belonged to the people who lived it. For example, people who think they are entitled to monetary reparations for past events that happened to their great-great-great-great aunt when she was a child. Come on!
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Thats what I thought you meant. Everyone of those groups received somekind of reparations due to their suffering. Everyone except african americans. Did you know that someone can go to college for free if they register as a Native American in their homestate and they attend a state-school? I don't think those students were at the "Trail of Tears" were they? Why do they get extra breaks when it was their great-great-great-great-grandparents that suffered? African americans were treated like animals for years. Are their descendants any less worthy of reparations?
Now, Before anyone attacks me, let me clarify myself. Do I think that some sort of reparations should be payed to african americans? YES! Do I think we should all get a check for X amount of dollars? NO! No monetary amount could compensate for the way our ancestors were treated and the schematics of such an undertaking make it almost impossible. Personally, I think reparations should come in the form of scholarships and educational investments. But I digress.
I have one more question. How would you compare the life of an African American in the 1860s, 1960s, and the present?
[This message has been edited by KnowledgeEternal (edited August 08, 2001).]
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