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Reparations for black folk, how should we do it
- Thread starter Chrome Hyena
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Some choice quotes:
I don't want to hear shit if black turnout is low in 2020.
Yeah this is what I'm thinking.
Honestly the only real thing that could help us in the long run if for a deep cleansing and rebuilding of America. The evil is just too baked into the cogs for any other solution to be manageable.
These quotes are hilariously bad, its like they don't want us to vote at all. Completely dodging everything.
So are they differentiating between American slave descendents and black people. I was born here, but my mom was a child immigrant.
So I just assumed the reperations thing wouldn't apply to me.
So I just assumed the reperations thing wouldn't apply to me.
I wonder if a reparations system that gave reparations for current racial injustices (and not for slavery) would be able to work?
It would bypass the big logistics issues with slavery-based reparations, as well as the "you weren't a slave and I wasn't a master" "defense."
Something like an updated civil rights collection of laws, plus some financial component (if not direct monetary payment, something like preferential or subsidized housing and school loans, things like that)?
It would bypass the big logistics issues with slavery-based reparations, as well as the "you weren't a slave and I wasn't a master" "defense."
Something like an updated civil rights collection of laws, plus some financial component (if not direct monetary payment, something like preferential or subsidized housing and school loans, things like that)?
I'm not American, not descended of American slaves, but I think a great component of the problems in the United States is the existence of an institutional and political framework that systematically perpetuates inequality, poverty, and abuse of black people by authorities and economic agents, and reparations in the form of money transfers wouldn't fix that at all. What the USA needs is a huge institutional reform that fixes healthcare, education, the pension system, the way the criminal justice system and the police work, the way the democracy itself works, the way environmental rights are protected, and a long etcetera, that all disproportionately affect black people, and really, that's what will fix things in the long term.
Things like:
-Dissolving all the existing police and starting from scratch with a federal police system that is subject to standardized and strict training and regulations and hiring policies. Have a strong internal affairs system that puts focus on the proper treatment of minorities, foster the presence of minorities in all levels of this new police.
-Making public universities affordable, inventivize black people to go through tax breaks, grants, whatever, and foster racial diversity in these universities.
-Massive criminal justice reform, harmonized at the federal level, general amnesty for prisoners of drug crimes and low level crimes, general legalization of Marijuana, much increased scrutiny of the record of convictions by race. Basically, create a new federal criminal code that's worthy of a civilized country.
-Create proper urban development policies, and proper, rational investment in disadvantaged areas. Invest in public transport for these areas, and I mean real public transport and not Hyperloop or Loop or other bullshit.
-Complete reformation of electoral laws, and the instauration of a mandatory federal ID that gives no excuses to the ID law bullshit.
What I see in the USA is a general degree of institutional failure that is unlike that of any other developed country, and that (Coincidence? I don't think so) disproportionately punishes black people. Until all those things aren't corrected, the problems will be perpetuated ad infinitum.
Things like:
-Dissolving all the existing police and starting from scratch with a federal police system that is subject to standardized and strict training and regulations and hiring policies. Have a strong internal affairs system that puts focus on the proper treatment of minorities, foster the presence of minorities in all levels of this new police.
-Making public universities affordable, inventivize black people to go through tax breaks, grants, whatever, and foster racial diversity in these universities.
-Massive criminal justice reform, harmonized at the federal level, general amnesty for prisoners of drug crimes and low level crimes, general legalization of Marijuana, much increased scrutiny of the record of convictions by race. Basically, create a new federal criminal code that's worthy of a civilized country.
-Create proper urban development policies, and proper, rational investment in disadvantaged areas. Invest in public transport for these areas, and I mean real public transport and not Hyperloop or Loop or other bullshit.
-Complete reformation of electoral laws, and the instauration of a mandatory federal ID that gives no excuses to the ID law bullshit.
What I see in the USA is a general degree of institutional failure that is unlike that of any other developed country, and that (Coincidence? I don't think so) disproportionately punishes black people. Until all those things aren't corrected, the problems will be perpetuated ad infinitum.
I do think the US badly needs more devastating penalties for police corruption. As of right now its clear that its pretty much designed for abuse.
Pretty disappointed with how quick this topic died (with a slight eyebrow raise), only remembered it because of a tab left open and remembered I needed to finish this comment.
"Justice" and "minority issues" are valuable on the campaign trail or come voting time but otherwise they couldn't care less.
Not a black dude but maybe we could start reparations by having some police accountability by that a total reform of police and the prison system.
Whatever it is, it should include therapy because racism is traumatizing and most black people have spent their life being gaslighted by pretty much all of society.
White as fuck but here is my take:
Land and money. A piece of property bought and paid for and a chunk of cash. Enough to build a house, or if the property has a house, take a bit out of the cash to give the person enough to have a little something afterwards
Land and money. A piece of property bought and paid for and a chunk of cash. Enough to build a house, or if the property has a house, take a bit out of the cash to give the person enough to have a little something afterwards