50 replies to this topic. we did pretty good

Agreed. This has been one of the more civil and well thought out debates here, without people agreeing on every point. I'm impressed with most of you in this thread (for what its worth).

I started reading the replies to this topic and didn't stop, haha. I'm going to be on my way now...

Well I believe that it would be completely unfair to give every African-American person $10k for something that did not directly affect them. It would almost seem as though you're pitying[spc] them. If we did do this, then we would have to give 10k to everyone else whose civil rights were not protected (its not just black people).

Now I do agree that those who were actually alive back in the 1900s who were actually affected by the negative circumstances caused by the U.S. government's negligence and/or atrocities should have been given some type of reparation to help them began their lives on a more positive note. (Was that a runon sentence? )

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I personally don't think I deserve reparations for having slaves that were ancestors. It's just a great way to get instant cash simply for being black .

Thing is, it's an easily justifiable way to give handout to americans that could be used to boost consumption in the US. Perhaps a better way for dealing with this would be to do the whole scholarship thing.

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Slaves that were ancestors? Hmmm... Someone needs to practice proofreading.

I do believe a part of JC died inside...

LOLWUT?

HEY SEE EACH COLOR HAS THEIR ASSHOLES.

it was kinda funny, we had a debate about this in anthropology today. not reperations but affirmative action and the whole deal about white people not wanting to pay for past actions blablabala, same subject matter in general. i was well prepared thanks to this topic!

I was typing too quickly, and I meant ancestors that were slaves, not vice versa.

sigh. if only you had corrected what was actually wrong with the statement.

He probalby aint gonna figure it out .

BEECH.. u prab dunnoo 2... suu STHU

Okay, seriously, you are very annoying. I really wish you would stop posting until you can be more respectful. This is not a drill.

LOL settle down romeo or else...

ohh yee... spennkk da princc mamacita..

I laughed pretty hard at this one.

I don't feel like I'm black, but if I did, I wouldn't feel like I should receive reparations, even if I had ancestors who were slaves. If I was a slave, I'm sure it would be a different story, but no African American alive today could honestly say he or she was at one point a slave in the United States. I'm sure there are one or two that could say that he or she was a slave in another third world country, but that's undoubtedly the minority, and either way it's a null point.

I laughed pretty hard at this one.

I don't feel like I'm black, but if I did, I wouldn't feel like I should receive reparations, even if I had ancestors who were slaves. If I was a slave, I'm sure it would be a different story, but no African American alive today could honestly say he or she was at one point a slave in the United States. I'm sure there are one or two that could say that he or she was a slave in another third world country, but that's undoubtedly the minority, and either way it's a null point.

I don't feel like you're black, either, because... well, you're white hispanic (REALLY?!).

And your point is sort of null and void if you're going to go on how you would "feel" if you were black because, well, you're not black and can never make a statement like that. Same way I can't really correctly make the statement "if I were 7 ft. tall, I would play basketball" because I'm not and was never 7 ft. tall, therefore I can't really say that I'd feel a certain way if I were because I'd be in an entirely different situation.

^ i was thinking that the other day in class when we were arguing about all this because people kept telling me how i should feel based on how they would feel. they also didn't understand why i'd "feel" the need to be defensive. no need for me to be defensive while 30 white people tell the only two black people in the class what it's like to be a minority cause going to a school that's 70% (probably more) white they know how it feels to not be in the majority at all times in ever race debate in any class



/angryblackman


but anyway since i'm black and know what it feels like to be black. i'll say again that i wouldn't want a check in the mail, unlike dumbass PurpleDaze112

It's like that in the military, too.

Gee thanks for calling me a dumbass.

you're welcome.

Ain't he polite?

lol

I'd hate be on the receiving end of JC's posts

I hate it when people use their feelings in an argument. It's the kind of thinking that allows our government to take control. Anyway, I understand why you would feel the need to be defensive, however the belief that you're different is what causes racism in the first place.



No-offense, but after everything that has been said you pretty much deserved it. You made yourself look like an idiot. Everyone who posted subtly pointed it out, you're only responding now because JC hit you on the head with a sledge-hammer(personified... lol), and I still don't think you realize that you're an idiot for saying the following:



This statement not only made you look like a moron for saying "having slaves that were ancestors", but it also made you look like a lazy piece of scum for saying, "a great way to get instant cash simply for being black".

ROFLMAO

I know awesome

I really dont think they should
in one way or another almost all of our cultures have
suffered somehow..
I am native american and choose to recieve nothing
from the tigua tribe in my opinion i am not active
in theyre everday life i mean i would like some random
family member to show up and be like im related now
give me some money.

that was suppose to be i wouldn't like

^yes, you choose to receive nothing. that's kinda the point, you have a choice.