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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP, nobody read the article. Are you the black nationalist poster? You know, long winded rambling responses about nonsense that you read in one of your extremist AA studies textbooks.

So, what if you are bi-racial? Do you pay, or get paid?[/quote]

And what if you're descendant of European immigrants who came AFTER slavery had been abolished?

They're exempt from any payment, correct?[/quote]

They chose to come to a racist country with policies that harmed black people.

You get the good AND the bad. 
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You chose to stay in this racist country.  You get the good AND the bad.[/quote]

Yes, my ancestors (Quakers & Union soldiers) have tried to lift up others for centuries. And I’m not going anywhere.

It’s time to lift up black people in a meaningful way - eliminate the wealth gap. 
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You get no credit for that and PP's judgment is based solely on his/her perception of your race.

- another person who's family fought for the Union[/quote]

Yup.

Let's stop racist thinking.

People are NOT their skin color.[/quote]

Skin color DOES matter in our society. Two Harvard-educated lawyers head home at 9pm from the gym - one black and one white. Which one gets stopped by cops on the street for “fitting the description”?

Systemic racism exists today. The harm from slavery & Jim Crow continues today.

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Alright so how many dollars is a traffic worth?  Do you get paid per stop?  If we pay you now, is it okay to keep stopping and pay your great grandchildren again? [/quote]

F U, racist trash 
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F u too.

I am totally on board with ending systemic racism.  I am not on board with the theory that you deserve any money because of slavery.   There is a huge difference between these two things.

And my post was meant to point that out.  Yeah, the black guy is more likely to be stopped on the way.  Let's put an end to that.  Were you stopped unfairly twenty years?  Many people were.  Do you really want money for that? Really? Or would you prefer not to be stopped tomorrow?  Which would really help you? [/quote]

Reparations of some form could help bridge the wealth gap caused by US policies and on-going systemic racism. Wealth begets wealth. If more black people had wealth, more would have more opportunities. More are likely to have a job. More are likely to stay out of trouble.

Reparations (as part of larger social reform) could help break that cycle created by and perpetuated by white people. 
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Well maybe.  But this is not an argument for reparations.  This is an argument for reducing wealth inequality.  Which is really quite a different thing.[/quote]

Slavery and other US policies have led to much harm to black people, including the wealth gap. Reparations address the harm *and* wealth gap.  
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