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because it legitimately sounds like the stupidest idea i have ever heard in my life.
Am i missing something?
Am i missing something?
Liberals need votes and they have very little to offer than literal cash compensation.because it legitimately sounds like the stupidest idea i have ever heard in my life.
Am i missing something?
What, right now?I've got some black in me.
because it legitimately sounds like the stupidest idea i have ever heard in my life.
Am i missing something?
I've got some black in me. When can I expect my check?
I would say that the main argument is that many black Americans ancestors added tremendous value to this country for centuries, but were not allowed to reap or accrue any of it until basically 50 years ago. They were unpaid labor that never got the chance to take part in the generational increase in status and wealth things like owning a house will give you. I am not a fan simply because I think it would be a nightmare to figure out who was owed what, but I see the argument.
I don’t know anyone (granted it’s a small circle) that has inherited any wealth...we also know factually that there were more poor non slave descendants that did a shit done of labor who did not benefit at all other than measly pay...
If I were asked to solve this, I would start with using historical documents to determine slave owners. Create a family tree of the slave owners....starting with the original slave owners determine how much of their wealth was made on the backs of slaves... then using that as a baseline follow the money trail to its current value..accounting for value growth of the baseline amount based on an annualized growth % and growth directly linked to investment of the baseline amount...then determine where city, county state the money and growth lived...take that money and put it in an escrow account and fund....healthcare, education and small business loans...for black Americans that did not immigrate here....just a few thoughts that popped out...jumbled as they are you should get the drift
That's pretty much it right there.The primary argument is that blacks in America were deprived of the ability to accumulate and inherit wealth for over 400 years as slaves, and once freed every promise made to them was broken by the federal government and they had to suffer another 100 years of systemic racism and isolation from American society.