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Maybe because there is a lack of connection between the history involved and present day problems. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 29/05/2014 01:35:04 AM

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otherwise, he did a very good job documenting the way American society pushes black people to the margins and continues to blame them for their lack of upward mobility.

PushED, not pushes. Though he made an effort to pretend the past and present were the same thing, these are not current practices, the instances cited being generations old.
i would have liked to see him show more modern examples of this rather than just tack on a few settled lawsuits and "the end". it just seems like, after such a great presentation of the history involved, there was a lack of attention to the present day problems.

Present day problems include a "black community" that has forfeited all moral authority with its embrace of degenerate behavior simply due to the color of perpetrators' skin, and often, of their victims. When self-appointed, media-confirmed, leaders of the black community are gangsters like Louis Farrakan and swindlers and extortion artists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, how is anyone supposed to accept any legitimacy to demands for reparation, to see it as anything other than an attempt by those slimeballs to once again line their pockets? The author cites the NAACP as endorsing reparations, but they also endorsed Donald Sterling, and were on the verge of giving him his second award when the recent scandal broke.

Cannoli
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/History: The Case for Reparations Legolas - 27/05/2014 07:08:52 PM 1280 Views
Only reparations for..... Anonymous2000 - 27/05/2014 07:34:29 PM 642 Views
you should try actually reading the article first moondog - 27/05/2014 08:33:53 PM 740 Views
my only problem is his conclusion is weak compared with the rest of the article moondog - 27/05/2014 08:31:54 PM 638 Views
Maybe because there is a lack of connection between the history involved and present day problems. Cannoli - 29/05/2014 01:35:04 AM 614 Views
sure, and i have a bridge for sale..... moondog - 30/05/2014 12:39:03 AM 608 Views
Re: sure, and i have a bridge for sale..... Cannoli - 30/05/2014 05:06:11 PM 638 Views
faulty assumptions of your heritage aside, the point still stands. moondog - 02/06/2014 08:54:02 PM 597 Views
Faulty assumptions is the entirety of your argument. Cannoli - 11/06/2014 07:27:29 AM 652 Views
Re: /History: The Case for Reparations Cannoli - 29/05/2014 01:54:48 AM 747 Views
Do you have a source where source where LBJ actually said that? *NM* random thoughts - 29/05/2014 01:17:44 PM 373 Views
IIRC, Robert Kessle "Inside the White House" or something like that. Cannoli - 30/05/2014 05:09:07 PM 679 Views
So some guy says some guys heard him say it? That isn't much. random thoughts - 30/05/2014 05:27:13 PM 578 Views
And LBJ or his estate would have allowed such a comment to get out? Cannoli - 30/05/2014 06:24:55 PM 629 Views
I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly. Legolas - 29/05/2014 06:52:47 PM 670 Views
Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly. Cannoli - 30/05/2014 06:19:33 PM 797 Views
Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly. Legolas - 01/06/2014 05:36:20 PM 674 Views
Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly. Cannoli - 04/06/2014 02:49:13 AM 654 Views
Even without David Chappelle's compelling arguments against, I think it's a crazy idea. Tom - 29/05/2014 07:42:38 PM 739 Views
I was frowning at that part of the article, as well. Legolas - 29/05/2014 09:42:53 PM 666 Views
Not that I disagree with a single point you made, but wasn't the 40 acres & a mule thing a myth Cannoli - 01/06/2014 03:48:16 PM 679 Views
According to wikipedia, it was more than a myth, though not much more Tom - 02/06/2014 04:24:32 AM 841 Views
except the article is strictly NOT talking about cutting checks to black people moondog - 02/06/2014 08:59:47 PM 622 Views
sorry but I see no evidence he wants to have an open an honest discussion random thoughts - 02/06/2014 02:03:29 PM 648 Views
so it's only open and honest discussion if he shares your white world view? moondog - 02/06/2014 09:07:26 PM 695 Views
no it is only an honest open discussion if he recognizes that there are valid alterantive views random thoughts - 03/06/2014 05:17:18 AM 618 Views
here is where you lose credibility moondog - 03/06/2014 08:59:30 PM 816 Views
How does the inability to shop at Neiman Marcus hold you back economically? Cannoli - 11/06/2014 07:40:46 AM 657 Views
Should Europe pay restitutions for the damage they did to Africa? random thoughts - 03/06/2014 01:13:54 PM 619 Views
Sure. Legolas - 03/06/2014 06:10:49 PM 588 Views
Absolutely, but only the handful of countries that actually have a colonial past *NM* kHz1000 - 03/06/2014 09:28:58 PM 308 Views
that's not the way it works random thoughts - 04/06/2014 01:04:46 PM 579 Views
EU expanded to its current borders mostly in 2004. Also we aren't states, so leave EU out of this *NM* kHz1000 - 04/06/2014 09:58:30 PM 345 Views
You don't know what a "state" is, do you? Cannoli - 11/06/2014 03:18:45 AM 637 Views
Again, there is an assumption of profit that is not necessarily true Cannoli - 11/06/2014 02:47:53 AM 763 Views
nope the EU needs to step up the line and starting paying random thoughts - 11/06/2014 06:05:25 PM 663 Views
One could argue we already do. Stephen - 04/06/2014 10:55:44 PM 577 Views
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