my only problem is his conclusion is weak compared with the rest of the article
moondog Send a noteboard - 27/05/2014 08:31:54 PM
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. 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.
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/History: The Case for Reparations
- 27/05/2014 07:08:52 PM
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my only problem is his conclusion is weak compared with the rest of the article
- 27/05/2014 08:31:54 PM
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Maybe because there is a lack of connection between the history involved and present day problems.
- 29/05/2014 01:35:04 AM
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sure, and i have a bridge for sale.....
- 30/05/2014 12:39:03 AM
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Re: sure, and i have a bridge for sale.....
- 30/05/2014 05:06:11 PM
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faulty assumptions of your heritage aside, the point still stands.
- 02/06/2014 08:54:02 PM
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Re: /History: The Case for Reparations
- 29/05/2014 01:54:48 AM
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Do you have a source where source where LBJ actually said that? *NM*
- 29/05/2014 01:17:44 PM
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IIRC, Robert Kessle "Inside the White House" or something like that.
- 30/05/2014 05:09:07 PM
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So some guy says some guys heard him say it? That isn't much.
- 30/05/2014 05:27:13 PM
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And LBJ or his estate would have allowed such a comment to get out?
- 30/05/2014 06:24:55 PM
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I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 29/05/2014 06:52:47 PM
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Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 30/05/2014 06:19:33 PM
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Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 01/06/2014 05:36:20 PM
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Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 04/06/2014 02:49:13 AM
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Even without David Chappelle's compelling arguments against, I think it's a crazy idea.
- 29/05/2014 07:42:38 PM
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Not that I disagree with a single point you made, but wasn't the 40 acres & a mule thing a myth
- 01/06/2014 03:48:16 PM
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According to wikipedia, it was more than a myth, though not much more
- 02/06/2014 04:24:32 AM
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except the article is strictly NOT talking about cutting checks to black people
- 02/06/2014 08:59:47 PM
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sorry but I see no evidence he wants to have an open an honest discussion
- 02/06/2014 02:03:29 PM
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so it's only open and honest discussion if he shares your white world view?
- 02/06/2014 09:07:26 PM
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no it is only an honest open discussion if he recognizes that there are valid alterantive views
- 03/06/2014 05:17:18 AM
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here is where you lose credibility
- 03/06/2014 08:59:30 PM
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How does the inability to shop at Neiman Marcus hold you back economically?
- 11/06/2014 07:40:46 AM
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Should Europe pay restitutions for the damage they did to Africa?
- 03/06/2014 01:13:54 PM
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Absolutely, but only the handful of countries that actually have a colonial past *NM*
- 03/06/2014 09:28:58 PM
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that's not the way it works
- 04/06/2014 01:04:46 PM
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EU expanded to its current borders mostly in 2004. Also we aren't states, so leave EU out of this *NM*
- 04/06/2014 09:58:30 PM
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Again, there is an assumption of profit that is not necessarily true
- 11/06/2014 02:47:53 AM
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