Ahem - read more carefully....
Alana - 24/01/2003 01:50:38 PM
Theyd set it up as a class action suit, payable to the United Negro college fund or somesuch...
Then they can really say they aren't in it for their own pockets, but for the 1) symbolic significance, and 2) their childrens future/equality.
"The desired panel would allocate money won in the lawsuit for services in the black community, including education funding, said Mr. Bledsoe, who also is head of the Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The panel also would oversee a program to promote racial reconciliation and "to investigate the truth about slavery and the wounds that continue to exist," Mr. Bledsoe said."
That was taken directly from the article quoted in the original post. Read it again, then make your judgement call, eh?
Alana
Trying not to choke on hope.
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Ahem - read more carefully....
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