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Hope And Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:09 AM Original message |
Obama: Yes To Slavery Apology, No To Reparations |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Reparations |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. I do sincerely apologize to the disgusting things that man can do to other |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think reparations for slavery are a terrible idea. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. exactly. we ALL deserve a decent home, food, health care, good educations |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. "The best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. No to reparations. Apologies? Sure. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. His position on this was known. |
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Hope And Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. AP article.Maybe because of that? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. My question was actually why the AP would write about this now... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Trying to stir shit up in the Black Community. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Because that's what white folks are certain black folks spend all of their time thinking about.... |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I've only thought about reparations when it's been brought up... |
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Hope And Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yeah.Wasn`t it AP`s CEO that "mistakenly" called Obama "Osama"??Anybody remembers that? |
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bigmoon (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. How would Congress pay for reparations and how would they |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. I asked two black friends what they thought about |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. What about reparations to women for being paid less than men? |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. I love him |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. The problem with reparations is identifying those who are truly descendants of slaves. |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. elskton |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. just what you said. |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. jobs programs... fund the schools... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. A cash payout for descendants of those who were enslaved... |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. How about big businesses that had their foundations.. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. My ancestors were enslaved by the Holy Roman Empire |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The Holy Roman Empire was mostly Germany and Austria. |
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