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Regardless of the merits, reparations is political suicide for African Americans.  Few will support a program that benefits only 12% of Americans.   And even if such a program passed, African Americans will be resented thereafter by a large segment of the population.  For better, we are now a country of people from all over the world, most of whom had nothing to do with the evils of slavery.  By pursuing reparations, African Americans separate themselves from other immigrants, whether legal or not, and from other segments of our working class and those disadvantaged.  I do not see how that benefits African Americans on a range of other issues. The preferred approach is to adopt programs that benefit all segments of the working class, which presumably will disproportionally African Americans.

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If we do reparations, we'll have less money and less political support for programs that actually matter for dismantling systemic racism. Like better public schools in poor areas, universal healthcare, subsidized college education. [/quote]

I just don’t understand why all these folks are getting negative about reparations? The time has come for reparations, and we are finally in a position where we will elect a president who will follow through on this previously broken promise. Why pump the brakes when we have the momentum? We are on the correct side of history, so let’s act like we are[/quote]

You do not have momentum, except for hard core activists.  This lifelong Democrat does not support reparations.
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Hard core activists just got Mississippi to change its flag.  Hard core activists got hundreds of thousands of people of all colors to come out of their homes in the middle of a pandemic to protest against racist police. Hard core activists have gotten Juneteenth celebrated in places beyond Texas. Hard core activists
are getting major cities to disband their police departments, and to divert funds to more worthy causes. Hard core activists have racists on the run.

Yet all we ask for are reparations, and y’all get cold feet on us? You expect us to go vote for Biden, but you throw cold water on our simple request to make things right. After all of the progress we made in the past month, you want to pull the okie-doke on us yet again? This won’t be forgotten.
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Who is this y'all that you’re talking to? Obviously not someone like me who supports reparations and also realizes that Trump has got to go. Why would you cast your vote as some sort of transaction/favor towards others and not just decide for yourself weather Biden or Trump is the best choice?[/quote]

Why should white Democrats expect our continued support when they are clearly losing the will to help the movement in a meaningful way (reparations)?

Did they ever want to advance the cause, or is it all for show?[/quote]
DP here. Personally, I don't think anything called "reparations" is helpful or feasible.  I think there are better ways and I've mentioned some on this thread.  50% of black people agree with me.  But the other 50% seem.to hate me for this.  I think I'll talk to the other guys and see how I can help them. [/quote]

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