Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
2. There's only two things I want from a Reparations Comission
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 11:02 PM
Jun 2019

I want two searchable databases:
1. To identify all the white people standing around in pictures of lynching parties.
2. To identify African slaves so I can search for the country and or tribe my familial ancestors originally came from.

tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
3. I knew when folks started to have serious conversations, TaNehisi would be called on
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 01:03 AM
Jun 2019

His article from years ago, really gave me food for thought.

The students at Georgetown are phenomenal. The fact that these students took the initiative, that's the point. Its not the monetary value. The rest of America needs to take note.

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
4. There needs to be a study to identify what is owed and to whom.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:37 PM
Jun 2019

There is just no excuse for hiding from the ugly truth. Indeed, it smells of a coverup or white wash of the lasting damage of slavery to African Americans in this country--it allows racists to blame the condition of African Americans on African Americans themselves, as being "lazy," etc.

ancianita

(35,813 posts)
5. I looked up a few books on Amazon, and believe that figures do exist. A truth and reconciliation
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:45 PM
Jun 2019

commission can accompany a an intergenerational reparations project.

Such a commission can historically trace both slave ancestry and institutions built on slavery, which is one reason some states and Georgetown have tried to deal with their part in our slave history.

Who gets reparations, what form they take, who owes and how long this will take are up for settlement across the country.

I wonder if the judicial system will be involved.

I wonder if all the slave societies of the Western Hemisphere outside the U.S., will ever make reparations, since they received over 90% of all the slaves from Africa.

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
6. That is why Coates was saying we need to pass HR 40 to commission such a study.
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:54 PM
Jun 2019

We need to pass HR 40. We need the truth.

tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
7. I was walking on the phone with my mom and someone was talking reparations on MSNBC today
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 01:36 PM
Jun 2019

I don't know who it was. I was distracted with the phone call so I was half paying attention but whomever it was seemed to have a very good grasp on the issue and knew it wasn't about just cutting a check. I have Sling in my room so I can't rewind. I wish I knew who it was to find a clip online. This is the first white politician I can recall whom I've seen that was having an honest conversation about it. He was talking about the effects of slavery, Jim Crow, and how that trickled down to redlining, the school systems, health care and on and on.

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Video & Multimedia»The Case For Reparations ...