272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why after over a century should people living today receive money, scholarships or other compensation because people they don't know, who died long before they were born, had something horrible happen to them? I'm a first generation American, and am the descendant of impoverished farmhands, maids, and cooks. I am also the descendant of a few doctors and teachers. My mother grew up without a father after her dad died at the hands of local criminals. A large portion of my family was prohibited from buying land, from voting, from participating in politics, and from exercising other basic rights. I can't imagine why I would be entitled to other people's money. I'm white, and my family is wealthy now. Should I be turning to someone for reparations?

This country is a mixing bowl. There are so many more people than when the atrocities when slavery, and many of us were dealing with our home country's issues, often horrible as well.

You really didn't have to say this, I could already tell.

[Anonymous]

Again there are studies that show* that white people (doesn't matter if you are first generation, if you are poor, or if your family never owned slaves) still benefit from white supremacy and slavery. Any potential scholarships or settlement would be a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.

For instance White people with HS diplomas get more callbacks for jobs then blacks with Bachelor's. You can't tell me it's because of qualifications.

*Links are in this thread above

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My family would like compensation for all the real estate taken from them by the communists, and millions for my aunt who was imprisoned and tortured as a teen as retaliation for another relative's actions.

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I find it so interesting that white posters come in here and make snarky remarks and be dismissive of such a topic. But hey that's the benefits of white privilege.

[Anonymous]

Scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again there are studies that show* that white people (doesn't matter if you are first generation, if you are poor, or if your family never owned slaves) still benefit from white supremacy and slavery. Any potential scholarships or settlement would be a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.

For instance White people with HS diplomas get more callbacks for jobs then blacks with Bachelor's. You can't tell me it's because of qualifications.

*Links are in this thread above

Get out of your ivory tower (or home office in Bethesda) and out to coal country in WV or KY and perhaps you will see how nonsensical this conclusion is.

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous. You are accountable for your life. No free lunch in life.

How is it ridiculous? Who says these descendants aren't accountable for their life. This isn't for all AAs just for the descendants of the 272 who were sold to save the University. I think think a settlement or scholarships is more then fair for an institution with an endowment of $1.5 billion.

How do you propose to track their descendants accurately? The reality is that a lot of the time in DC, the mother isn't even sure who her kid's father is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were Chinese workers's descendants compensated for inhumane working conditions, brutality, killings, discrimination etc.?

Could they leave anytime they wanted? Could they marry at their choosing? We're their children stripped from their mothers' breast and sold to another plantation owner? Did the Chinese voluntarily come to the American shores?

[Anonymous]

Can they really trace the slaves' descendents? I'm amazed there are records.

[Anonymous]

I that nk we should give every AA 3 mil dollars and be done with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why after over a century should people living today receive money, scholarships or other compensation because people they don't know, who died long before they were born, had something horrible happen to them? I'm a first generation American, and am the descendant of impoverished farmhands, maids, and cooks. I am also the descendant of a few doctors and teachers. My mother grew up without a father after her dad died at the hands of local criminals. A large portion of my family was prohibited from buying land, from voting, from participating in politics, and from exercising other basic rights. I can't imagine why I would be entitled to other people's money. I'm white, and my family is wealthy now. Should I be turning to someone for reparations?

This country is a mixing bowl. There are so many more people than when the atrocities when slavery, and many of us were dealing with our home country's issues, often horrible as well.

This argument could equally apply to the descendants of those who died in the holocaust, who are continuing to seek return of lost possessions (art, gold, bank accounts) of relatives many of them never knew for actions committed over 3 generations and 70 years or more ago. I suppose your answer in those cases would probably be different though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I that nk we should give every AA 3 mil dollars and be done with it.

Would the condition of giving that money be a end to state-sanctioned affirmative action?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again there are studies that show* that white people (doesn't matter if you are first generation, if you are poor, or if your family never owned slaves) still benefit from white supremacy and slavery. Any potential scholarships or settlement would be a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.

For instance White people with HS diplomas get more callbacks for jobs then blacks with Bachelor's. You can't tell me it's because of qualifications.*Links are in this thread above

It might be due to a number of factors. I can tell you that most companies want to have a diverse workforce. However, some of the names that parents are giving to their children, particularly more unusual and frankly, weird ones, may have an adverse effect on their kids' future employment prospects. Right or wrong, a potential employer might assume certain things based on an applicant's name about his/her SES status, upbringing, education quality, work attitude, social skills, etc. and may screen them out in public facing positions. An African-American child named Elizabeth, Sarah or Martin is going to get more chances than Shaqeena, LaTawanda or D'shaqan.

[Anonymous]

Free lunch every Fridays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again there are studies that show* that white people (doesn't matter if you are first generation, if you are poor, or if your family never owned slaves) still benefit from white supremacy and slavery. Any potential scholarships or settlement would be a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.

For instance White people with HS diplomas get more callbacks for jobs then blacks with Bachelor's. You can't tell me it's because of qualifications.*Links are in this thread above

It might be due to a number of factors. I can tell you that most companies want to have a diverse workforce. However, some of the names that parents are giving to their children, particularly more unusual and frankly, weird ones, may have an adverse effect on their kids' future employment prospects. Right or wrong, a potential employer might assume certain things based on an applicant's name about his/her SES status, upbringing, education quality, work attitude, social skills, etc. and may screen them out in public facing positions. An African-American child named Elizabeth, Sarah or Martin is going to get more chances than Shaqeena, LaTawanda or D'shaqan.

Right or wrong??? How about just plain wrong. A black person named LaTawanda with a bachelor's degree should get a job over a white boy or girl named Martin or Sarah with just a HS diploma because LaTawanda is more qualified. No need to write a paragraph trying to justify it.