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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reparations for those in the Japanese internment camps paid $20K to each survivor (approx. 100,000).

I'm sure we could agree to pay 20K to each survivor of U.S. slavery.[/quote]

That would work if we were able to identify the survivors of U.S. slavery, but that is near impossible.[/quote]

Actually, no it's not. The U.S. Historically has done a great job of record keeping. Some combination of prior census identification plus other proof would be more than enough. [/quote]

Does anybody really believe the movement would be satisfied if only those blacks who could prove a connection to slavery got money but not other black people?[/quote]

Reparations is only 1/6 of their platform, so no, I do not think people would be satisfied.

Also, reparations couldn't be just for slavery. No, that wouldn't address the millions of blacks who had wealth literally stolen from them by the government (or allowed by the government to be stolen). Business, and property were outright stolen from AAs all the way through the early 1900s. Also, AAs were specifically excluded from job opportunities and from getting an education. They were experimented on by the government. This was b/c of race. B/c they were black.

If you want to use a cutoff date for reparations, we could start with current and deceased who identified as "black" on the U.S. census in 1965 for obvious reasons, and work our way forward, if necessary.

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Also women weren't able to be property owners for a long time. My mom couldn't get a credit card. Native Americans were really screwed over. There are lots of historically disadvantaged people. Maybe we should start a list and then judge each and give value units according to how disadvantaged each was. That seems like it would work well. [/quote]

Lets be clear, the women we are mostly referring to is white women. So lets start there.

Yes, women were screwed over for a time. We still are to an extent (see pay equality). Maybe there is a case for the government to compensate us. One major difference is that most white women (like my mother) were married, and were able to benefit from the advantages and opportunities afforded to their husbands. If the goal is to only deal with things in a certain order, there are many other differences between the struggles of AA and women that would effectively put us near the back of the line as it relates to potential reparations. They are quite obvious, but I could continue to list them if you are curious.

Native Americans are still screwed over. But they have received BILLIONS of dollars and land in reparations. They also receive tax breaks. No amount of money will fix what the U.S. government did to them. And they still face many problems. Doesn't mean they shouldn't have gotten paid though.

Nothing you said diminishes the fact the the U.S. owes a debt to AAs and it has not been paid. [/quote]

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