Poll of the Day > Reparations.

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THEGODDAMNBATMA
06/24/19 4:18:10 PM
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At this point, I don't think USA slavery reparations make any sense.

I do however think that the Israelis should pay reparations to the Palestinians. At this point, I feel like it's too late to give them their land back but the right time to help them build new homes.
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Smarkil
06/24/19 4:22:29 PM
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i think the uk should pay african americans for enslaving them its only fair
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Kungfu Kenobi
06/24/19 5:25:06 PM
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I don't think US reparations for slavery makes much sense at all. Slavery was by no means confined to the US, and they were not the only ones to benefit. Do we also track down the descendants of African tribes that conquered and sold off other tribes and get them to chip in too?

I do feel reparations for Jim Crow laws, red lining, and basically everything that happened after the Reconstruction does make sense. It was a uniquely American problem that the "land of the free" still had second class citizens. Yet still the question lingers of who pays. The 20th century brought with it unprecedented immigration to the US from people in places that had nothing to do with the Atlantic Slave Trade. While it could be argued they benefited from a strong American economy bolstered by slavery, it's inescapable that they weren't involved.

Despite that I do still think the matter of reparations has some merit. I don't think straight cash reparations are a good idea for the simple fact that giving people money is often not an effective way of changing their circumstances in the long term: lottery winners are well known for going broke. A better solution in my opinion would be options for reparative subsidies for home ownership and small businesses, as well as expanding existing affirmative action programs in colleges and larger businesses. Though in the latter case we have data suggesting those programs have not necessarily worked as intended, so they may need to be overhauled anyway.
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darcandkharg31
06/24/19 5:50:28 PM
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You guys gonna pay reparations every new gen until the end of time or what?
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ForteEXE3850
06/24/19 5:58:57 PM
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If the U.S. said it was going to pay off decedents of everyone's ancestors it screwed over in the past that like every non-white person that existed. Native American's had their land stolen, Chinese people were worked to death then had all their rights taken away to enforce an ethnic cleansing.

Made for an excellent Chappelle's Show skit though.
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CTLM
06/24/19 6:31:08 PM
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Reparations for something that happened to someone's ancestors is completely illogical. There's no reasonable way to:

put an actual price on anything that occurred, especially over a hundred years ago
accurately pay for what occurred
give the money to someone now for something that never actually affected the person receiving the money

People need to stop asking/demanding for money, and no more money should be handed out.
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wwinterj25
06/24/19 7:18:36 PM
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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...
I don't think


We know.
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dioxxys
06/25/19 12:08:08 AM
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CTLM posted...
Reparations for something that happened to someone's ancestors is completely illogical. There's no reasonable way to:

put an actual price on anything that occurred, especially over a hundred years ago
accurately pay for what occurred
give the money to someone now for something that never actually affected the person receiving the money

People need to stop asking/demanding for money, and no more money should be handed out.

^this.

Plus where's this money coming from? Taxes? If so I don't want to pay for the sins of dead men.
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EclairReturns
06/25/19 12:12:21 AM
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ForteEXE3850 posted...
Chappelle's Show skit


I suddenly want to see this.
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