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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In facing the new American dilemma, the relevant question is not: "What more does the Negro want?" but rather: "How can we make freedom real and substantial for our colored citizens?  What just course will ensure the greatest speed and completeness?  And how do we combat opposition and overcome obstacles arising from the defaults of the past?"

Certainly the Negro has been deprived.  Few people consider the fact that, in addition to being enslaved for two centuries, the Negro was, during all those years, robbed of the wages of his toil.  No amount of gold could provide an adequate compensation for the exploitation and humiliation of the Negro in America down through the centuries.  Not all the wealth of this affluent society could meet the bill.  Yet a price can be placed on unpaid wages.  The ancient common law has always provided a remedy for the appropriation of the labor of one human being by another.  This law should be made to apply for American Negroes.  The payment should be in the form of a massive program by the government of special, compensatory measures which could be regarded as a settlement in accordance with the accepted practice of common law.  Such measures would certainly be less expensive than any computation based on two centuries of unpaid wages and accumulated interest.

The moral justification for special measures for Negroes is rooted in the robberies inherent in the institution of slavery.

Martin Luther King, Jr., "What We Can't Wait" (1963, 64), pp. 135, 137, 138.

If this thread proves one thing, it is this: Americans don't subscribe to the philosophies of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Never have, never will.

Oppose reparations, oppose Martin Luther King.  Refuse to ask what America can do for blacks, refuse to follow the teachings of Martin Luther King.

It's that simple.  It's that hard for most of you.[/quote]
You're quoting about "the moral justification for special measures for Negroes rooted in robberies" from MLK, but remember.....that was in 1963, before civil right rights. And before affirmative action. I think the government HAS made special measures - giving blacks priority in admissions to higher education.....job-hunting advantages due to diversity goals....and a "leg up" when it comes to competing for promotions. It's important to remember that this is done to the sacrifice of whites (or non-blacks in general) and with every college admission, or job hire, or promotion that was done as a result of affirmative action, a deserving and more qualified non-black was not offered a slot in the college, or the job, or the promotion. But don't see any appreciation of or even recognition for these "special measures". [/quote]

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