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(5,223 posts)and a sure way to lose an election.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)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)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)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)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)We need to pass HR 40. We need the truth.
tulipsandroses
(5,094 posts)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.