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- How can the US pay up for slavery? People are talking about reparations to try to narrow the vast wealth gap separating black and white Americans. And yet polls show most people are against the idea.
California may lead the way. It's set up a state task force - but economists say the sums required to really compensate for the past are into the hundreds of billions.
Congress is stuck on the issue at a national level. Now some towns and cities say they want to pay to create a fairer future.
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#slavery #reparations #congress
they need to start paying reparations for all the crimes they are committing
Its all about resources. remember when you didn't have anything, you went from continent after continent to murder and loot.
there are more "massage" parlors in Manhattan than there are Starbucks locations. You not concerned about crims
@@MD-ew1xg Um.. i suspect he wasn´t alive during that time so how can he remeber it?
Pay up!! Instead of giving it to non citizens
Stop telling minority kids they're victims but are the masters of their own fate thru hard work and you'll have happier, successful people and you'll extinguish the gap.
Ah, like the residents of Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa. If only they’d not made their white neighbors so jealous of their success!
Sure, keep saying racism doesn't exist, maybe it will go away.
But you forgot about that occrs today.
so true!! they should just pull themselves up by their bootstrapes, because racism has been elimimated when slavery was abolished
surely systemic racism doesnt exist and stifles prospects of a better life significantly, right?
Oh no you can't use the word master anymore. The woke police banned it
No one should pay for slavery because every race and nation is guiltily of encouraging and carrying out acts of slavery during their history. To think that reparations would solve even 20% of the problems is laughable.
Well said.
So because other people in the past and other nations got away with EVIL i, the people of today and this nation should be able to get away with EVIL too. So its also true that men used to rape women and children without consequences, but today we put them in jail. Thats how terrible and flawed your logic is.
@@tinalove8197 I'm sorry that you've been hurt, or somebody you know has been hurt,
that you feel you need to be vindicated.
It's painful. I've been there too.
You want revenge.
You want to return the pain that you've felt.
Allow yourself to forgive others.
Find peace in your soul, to move forward, forgive and move on.
Humans have lived on earth for thousands on thousands of years.
If we didn't forgive and move on,
there would be no peace.
There would only be constant war, hate, and revenge.
I mean in that case is Turkey going to pay Greece for slavery?
Basically all slavic people and half of the Europe shloud have reparations from Turkey in that case ;-)
How about Egypt pay those decedents that built the pyramids?
They did fight a whole war over independence. Not analogous to chattel slavery and Jim Crow for so many reasons
@@petrbelohoubek6759 Mongolia as well, remember Genghis Khan?
min 10:05 California = Always ahead by a century
So the lady at 9:10 wants reparations, but is unhappy when descendants, who got their rightful land back, sell that land? What exactly does she think reparations are? You get to do what you want to do with it, and I'd wager many people would spend the money in less than a wise or "community-friendly" way.
easy there, Wonder Woman.....easy
Why is Poland seeking reparations from Germany, because of the damage Germany cost during the world war to Poland? I think the reparations is right they should pay?
@@SCC.1233 wronged? Lol
@@SCC.1233 But how much would you pay each person? How many people would be compensated by the usa government? with each generation, there is more and more people. I don't see how reasonable it would be to pay each person a lump sum of money. Instead, we should offer people effected by the past actions of the government jobs, housing, etc...to improve their lives. giving people money doesn't mean their lives will get better, plus they would be taxed on that money at the end of the year. give a man a fish, he can feed himself for a day. teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a lifetime. we should be lifting everyone up, improving their lives and providing them ways to move upwards.
@@just_astroworld The gorvernment wanted that,not the polish people :) As a gesture of justice from a nation to another
Short answer is no, they just want money
Seriously, that's so weird
Of course you would want some form of reparation if somebody bombed your house, wouldn't you?
@@JCB576 If it happened recently yes. But we all have nothing to do with what happened more than a hundred years ago. Stop looking for a free lunch from those who do work and quit the victim/grifter mentality.
@@SuperMerlot I mean in some cases it wasn't even 100 years ago and these folks are still alive. And it does have to do with with folks nowadays, because they are only succesfull by taking somebody elses house/ground etc.
You would do better combating modern day racism if you focused on building out modern infrastructure such as metros and healthcare.
Yes, but those things never come.
Cut the check.
@@kva7922046 Nope, people born today had nothing to do with slaves, if you want a check go to africa since it was their organization that started the whole thing
@@priapulidaWhat does that mean?
And education for better jobs and housing. Being allowed to live wherever you can afford, which still isn’t a thing. Equal pay, equal property value assessment, healthcare, etc. It’s pretty much everything.
@@priapulida no one talks about Asians out earning whites while being a minority
No, we don’t “get to pass down a fight” 🙄 some of y’all choose to teach your kids your woe is me mentality
I'm pretty sure they did a comedy skit about this on the Chappelle show
They did, and it is an hillarious skit. I recommend it! Dave Chapelle always had his finger on the pulse of society.
YOU PEOPLE ARE NO GOOD!!!
making ppl pay reparations for something they didnt do, for ppl which arent alive anymore, is bs. looks like its all about the money, whilst telling people its about justice.
I used to think like this, but I feel you missed the point of the documentary.
Yeah, but the state that is complicit with slavery is still the same state that exists today, namely United States of America.
Another issue... not all American states had slavery. I can trace the roots of my White family from New York all the way back to the civil war. My ancestors fought in the civil war and died in battle to end slavery. I'm sure that was a huge burden to my family during that time. Now hundreds of years later my family would be bound to pay for slavery.... again? That is not justice!
If anything, make Germany pay for it since the USA has paid for their defense for 75 years.
@@khust2993 my state never allowed slavery and fought to free them. Do we need to pay?
My ancestors were enslaved by Vikings. I'm still waiting 1200 years later. Get in line.
It's always about money, always
but ya love it, as always
Money, not at all
Money is the catalyst to trick the greedy that are convinced they are due but control is what it's really about
@@pigjubby1 Then they will say they didn't get there fair share and want more. It just a money grab.
YOU RIGHT, THEN GIVE UP YOUR POSITION & COMFORT IF YOU ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY!!!
If reparations happen, I'm opening a store selling gold chains.
Love this comment 😂
Better not. This is complete BS.
Such evil 😈 people then and now...
Of course, make people who have never owned slaves pay people who have never been slaves
Basically
Brilliant karma
Its not just a racial divide, thought the racial minority is on the wrong side of the curve, its a wealth divide in our society as a whole. Too many people dont have enough, while a select few have entirely to much, we need a complete rework of our economic system to balance the wealth in any meaningful way.
Because capitalism. White supremacy, patriarchy, racism, etc. are all simply tools; control mechanisms if you will, in the service of capitalism.
You you want to take what someone has, and hand it out to those who don't, without earning it in any fashion? Based off of skin color?
@@kevinmccurley4573 Not what I'm saying at all, nobody should have to work 60 hrs and still not have enough to support themselves, and absolutely no CEO works 350x harder than any employee, yet they get paid that amount. I get they have more responsibility so they should get paid more, but the top has gotten so inflated that hard working people are being suffocated.
@thejuize06 I empathize with what you say. But the CEO's can only earn what those companies are willing to pay. The companies determine the value, and their shareholders must agree to the terms.
@@thejuize06 The trouble is it wouldn't affect the top guys it would affect the little guy struggling already to take care of his family! That is how it always works out!
It must feel relieving to blame all your failures on things that happened before you were born.
Not as relieving as inherenting stolen wealth 😅
@@YourTamedLion Must suck to have the only ancestors incapable of stealing from anyone. Maybe failure runs in the family.
@@YourTamedLion Horse****. I've worked hard for everything I have. Try again.
@@zinjanthropus322 Now, hold on a minute. That's not fair. They steal from big box stores very well.
@@automnejoy5308 Lol.
So people who never owned slaves should pay money to people who never were slaves.
Justice is coming America!
I am an African-American. This is a bad idea.
what part of Africa are you from?
@@edwarddelagarza958 African-Americans whose ancestors came over as slaves can usually trace their lineage back to west africa, around current day Liberia.
No no it’s not
The family sold the land back to the city for $20 M? Dumb!!! The family could have kept the land, built buildings on the land, rented the apartments and stores, and made BILLIONS!!!! Dumb!!!!!
My family never owned slaves. Most of my ancestors didn't even come to the U.S. until after slavery was gone. So why am I paying people for slavery that my ancestors weren't involved in?
Same. And I bet a LOT of today's Americans are in the same boat. (pun)
They want revenge. Against whites. It is sheer vindictiveness without reason.
Because you are white 😅
I think that the 3 elderly people who had their property taken should be compensated in a normal legal procedure. But descendants of people who experienced injustice cannot be compensated for acts done by people who are deceased. Unfortunately past injustice is a fact of life and it affects all people. I think that it has to be forgiven or it will lead to bitterness and conflict.
Agreed 💯. And imminent domain exists within the law with procedures for recompense
Descendants of people who committed injustice still benefited from what they inherited from their unjust ancestors.
@@MichaelScottRamming It's true that many of the descendants of people who committed injustices benefitted, but it many good things we done by the same people from which we have all benefitted. When the matter goes beyond a single generation the choice is either a long-running feud or lasting forgiveness in my view.
Yes i want reperations for what the japanese did to my indonesian grandma for what the russians did and are doing for my Ukranian grandparents and what Germany did to my dutch grandfather. Than ill pay african americans for something my family had nothing to do with.
Even if the descendants of slave owners paid up today there wouldn't be enough to go around for everyone, many would go bankrupt before everyone got their "fair share".
Was Tulsa the worst? What about Wilmington, NC; Rosewood, FL; Thibodaux, LA; etc.? 12:42
Money doesn't solve problems, if you don't change your attitude
Having money changes your attitude, that's the whole point.
@@markhirstwood4190 No, money only exemplifies your attitude. There is a reason many lottery winners go broke. If you can't handle a little, you won't be able to handle a lot either.
They interviewed a bunch of potential reparations recipients in California a few weeks ago. The majority of the responses described pretty much wasting it.
That money going to make me feel good😊❤😊❤
@@user-ne4bj6nt8z Because you're going to spend it on drugs?
Will Germany pay Poland the $1.2 trillion in reparations? Do a program on that too please.
They are waiting for the 3 survivors to die and turn around and say their descendent can't claim reparation.Yet they had a opportunity to repair the issue when they were alive!
No.. It's been over 150 years, get over it.
Woah not gonna happen 🙅🏾♂️
Both my parents are immigrants. My dad was homeless. Now they live in a 4,000 SQ ft house. It was not given to them. I agree slaves were owed money. No one is born a slave is alive anymore. Too late sadly.
It is true that the pursuit of reparations has faced resistance and opposition from various quarters, predominately from those who benefit from the existing power structures
and historical inequalities. White supremacy, as a system that perpetuates racial hierarchies and privileges,has been a barrier to efforts aimed at rectifying historical injustices.
There is no white privileged. If there was, there would be no poor whites or homeless whites. Stop spreading lies.
So what happens when you mixed? Which part is the oppressor and which part was the slave? How can we fix this
You oppressed yourself then😂
So give money to people who were never slaves to tax people who never owned a slave 🙄. How about the Japanese Americans in interment camps or Native Americans who were murdered in mass and had their lands stolen, where is there check?
Japanese got reparations. Native Americans got land and tax breaks.
You don't know American History do you?
The Office of Redress Administration (ORA) was established in 1988 and was charged with administering a ten-year program to provide a tax-free restitution payment of $20,000 to eligible individuals of Japanese ancestry for the fundamental injustices of the evacuation, relocation, and internment during World War II
In 1946, the Indian Claims Commission formed to hear the historical grievances of Native Americans and to determine restitution. As a result of the commission's findings, the government set aside $1.3 billion as compensation for 176 tribes and organizations.
Just because one community is fighting for justice, doesn't mean another should be denied. So yes ofc they should be compensated.
@@bobburger7881 I didn't know that so thank you. But I still have a problem with giving money to someone that was never a slave to tax people who never owned a slave. I find that comical at best. This is from the 1860s? So something that happened 160 plus years ago when my dad's, dad, dad wasn't even born yet effects me today? And why you ask? Because after all that time African Americans still can't get it together enough to make it work for them? Is America a more racist place today them the 1950s? No of course not. I don't think throwing money at it will help anything at all. The news story said 20 billion dollars? That's a big number compared to 20k? Where is that money going to come from? You have to tax someone or cut some program somewhere? And as I said the political cost for any republican voting for something like that in today's environment would be political suicide.
@@mikeglenn5212 you didn't watch the video or fully read the quotes I supplied.
1. The video goes on to explain how the lack of compensation or assistance for newly freed slaves had generational effects that are still felt to this day.
2. $20,000 was provided per eligible recipient. 125,000 plus Japanese/Asian people were sent to those camps. I'll let you do the math.
Why should I explain systemic racism to someone who doesn't want to learn?
1:38 The thing is , this is a field order made by a general on his own.
Reparations are the sort of thing that sound good in theory, but would be impossible to adequately implement in practice and which would cause tremendous problems going forward. It would be a terrible misapplication of a noble intention. The better path forward is to create more opportunities and access to those opportunities for everyone, rather than to dish out large sums of money based on someone's race.
Yeah, but those opportunities never come. I’d take the cash.
I am sure Wall Street could be incentivised to create a debt instrument. They sell sun and wind as money.
If descendants of Andrew Jackson, by way of his siblings, are to this very day still given a trust equivalent to the amount of total cost to finish undergraduate and graduate degrees which funds was originally made from slavery then same can be done to former slaves. Yes, Phil Jackson got paid out in 70’s believe he got 50k. My coworker a Jackson got 200k in 90’s. Bo Jackson got nothing. And yes by way of US Census he can trace to a former slave of “Old Hickory.”
Strange it's never complicated for any other group to receive reparations, and that includes people that America didn't even harm like the people in Guam.
Agreed
I say: "do it!", while I watch from a safe distance. I have given up in trying to convince people of doing the smart thing. But this seems to have good comedic potential for everyone who is far away.
Ty
Rome Empire had a lot ofvslaves. Is it time for Italy to pay up?
Only in a free country can people make demands like this, even if they were not slaves themselves. Maybe it is better sending those, who complain, to Africa and see what real suffering looks like and how much of a gap there is between rich Africans and poor Africans.
I would love to be sent to Africa! Send me! But don't forget, 1) The money necessary to pay for my plane ride 2) The money necessary to re-purchase land that my family lost when stolen from land that belonged to us but now your people are benefiting from by continuing the theft of its resources 3) Any fees for visas, passports, and citizenship applications 4) Don't forget all the free labor that you and others now benefit from. It wouldn't be right to expect work with no pay. You might bankrupt the nation, but this is a moral, free, God-fearing country right? Very soon, reparations won't be an option, it will be mandatory.
Is a joke? Thats ancient history at this point
I dont understand why modern Americans, most of whoms ancestors definitely came here after the civil war would have to pay for this?
You mean the citizens that benefited from Jim Crow - the legalized apartheid based system that favored whites for over one hundred years after slavery? To argue that white folks that arrived in the us post slavery saw no benefit is absurd
Because we live in a society that based its development on the slave trade and still benefits from the results of that activity. These damages should have been paid out decades ago!
@@StonyCurtisThat was only half of the development. The North was more wealthy for the majority of people than the south which was more beneficial to a few families. Many PoC immigrants come here & do well.
No general policy changes to assist low income Americans would be more effective since you can’t forget about other minority groups.
Other minorities are not a part of this equation
@@swissmiss-rj4pq I don’t understand your statement?
BUT MOST ARE LOW INCOME BECAUSE OF LIFESTYLE !! QUIT SCHOOL EARLY, HAVING CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK ETC
@@salamjihad3449 I got masters degree, no kids, and I'm out here struggling. Give me yo money!
It’s not about it solving “racial gaps” it’s about paying back the people that ensured your successes
Thank you for sharing this video.
Forcing the innocent to pay nonvictims for something that happened to neither of them is not reparations.
Reparations is actual proven victims being compensated by their actual violators.
I don't know of anybody who opposes that.
You can't pay based on skin color since there have been so many immigrants since slavery.
You are talking about racism rather than slavery
If you can enslave people based on color, you can pay damages based on the same idea
Everyone is descended from people who were treated inhumanly by todays standards. Being compensated for slavery you never experienced or having taxpayers pay off people they (and likely their distant ancestors) never enslaved is creating a new injustice. If there are reparations, maybe the ancestors of those who received reparations will one day have to pay back those whose ancestors paid those reparations? But that should only happen several generations later to ensure that it will be impossible to allocate the reparations for reparations in even a pysdo-fair way.
Well said.
Imagine if Europe and the UK had to pay back from all the imperial expansion from the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s...
Africa would never be able to move forward from all of their inter border conflicts over the past hundreds of years..
Every country, on every continent would be guilty in some manner..
You don't "pay back" reparations; they're reparations
wtf? slavery made those white families super rich, is not about "inhuman treatments", is about the specific slavery that happened in the US that produced massive wealth for a very long time
@@dazza2350 Reparations paid by people who were never perpetrators to people who were never victims.
If they are to receive reparations, maybe it should be from places in Africa where their ancestors were sold to the white slavers. Europeans did not invent the slave trade, they merely took advantage of it.
I wonder how the 300 years of white slavery that they suffered through that somehow they overcame the effects that slavery caused for generation and somehow we never blamed or played the victim hood mentality....
Can't wait. Europeans who were taken to prison in Australia and left there need reparations, too.
Simply abolish things that reenforce the wealth gap, like making school funding depend on what area you live in
The "wealth gap" come from people not working.
How would that work, exactly?
Rural school districts have much lower costs of living than cities or suburbs. Should rural school districts there get the same funding as districts that have to pay much more for teachers to earn a reasonable living?
exactly! things like colleges and medical treatment not being free also significantly reinforces the gap
Maybe they should just tax the rich the same way they tax the normal person on the street. The unfortunate truth is that the financial system of the entire world is built to benefit only the rich. It is a tale az old as time.
I do also think the US can spend a bit less on the millitary and a bit more on programs you mentioned as well. The US has money to make that happen, but they love their overspending on their millitary instead of things that would improve the lives of their citizens.
@@ArnoSnyman007 yeah the US military spending is equal to the next 10 highest spending countries combined xD
which is just... insane
Maybe today’s German people can pay reparations to individual families impacted by world war 1 & 2 while we’re at it.
We payed for both to the effected countries, what they did or didn't do with the money is on them. Don't make false equivalences just because you people aren't able to own up to your faults.
@@00nigirimeshi didn't Germany just finish paying the reparations for WWI in like 2014 or something?
They have. That’s the thing, they put a price tag on it and they paid.
@@00nigirimeshi who's own faults? modern day people were not responsible for slavery, nor are any of the people who migrated to the USA between the end of slavery and today. However modern day people are responsible for their own actions and achievements in life. Throwing money at people isn't going to solve the social issues that are the root cause of the problems. How about you own up to your faults as well.
min 11:10 NOT BY A LONG SHOT! Total US reparations = Estimated at $50 TRILLION. Total European global reparations = $800 TRILLION
That's a weak claim, one needs to look at how many of the descendants of slave owners accumulated wealth or have the land and they still possess it?
Just give me my god damned money! I will decide what I want to do with it!
What is owed is owed.
Lmao nobody owes you anything.
Us gingers get the abuse theres no laws against us copper tops wheres my money
Ask England
How can you send my people? My ancestors back to a continent they've never been to, nor their ancestors, Tell that truth
You want to help them make schools better make healthcare , make their neighberhoods safe. Free education ,ect. Just giving money to individuals will solve nothing.
Education in the U.S. is totally controlled by the Democrats who seem to have no interest in making schools "equal" for all the kids. During the lockdown, the state made money available for laptops for students that didn't have them. A YEAR later, kids in mostly minority schools were still waiting for their laptops and Zoom classes, while schools in the white areas were up and running the first week. We can and should do better for our kids.
No good People will always be no good!!!
NO I DON'T WANT THERE MONEY/// GIVE IT BACK TO THE TAX PAYERS YOU STOLE IT FROM
Forcing everybody to be worth the same amount of money is not a legitimate government function.
It is also not reparations.
Race entitles you to nothing.
Race convicts you of nothing.
Sharing the race of a victim does not make you a victim.
Sharing the race of a villian does not make you a villian.
Being related to a victim does not make you a victim.
The dead owe and are owed nothing.
Forcing the innocent to pay nonvictims for something that happened to neither of them is not reparations.
Reparations is actual proven victims being compensated by their actual violators.
Nobody gets paid reparations for being a race.
That’s not a critical way of thinking about the issue. It’s not a communistic claim , it’s a historical lineage based claim. It’s trillions of dollars for harm done and it’s irrefutable and not the same.
Yes we’ve been victims and you can’t make us stop talking about it! # Reparations
@@Anointed012
Exactly;
Prove the harm that has been done to you.
Prove who did it.
Send the bill.
Simple.
Being related to a victim does not make you a victim, however.
@@Anointed012
The ones who seek to take what someone else has bear the burden of proof.
min 11:10 NOT BY A LONG SHOT! Total US reparations = Estimated at $50 TRILLION. Total European global reparations = $800 TRILLION
hitchhiking of civilization is not free for every race
Nothing will ever be fair. So let's just move on. No one will ever be happy.
@@BabyDWash There is no check. It's only a scam to control people and get votes.
Pay for one way tickets to Africa sure good idea
Reparations can help
I’m white and 30. Why do I have to pay you money? I never owned a slave.
@@Anthony-zw1qb you are not paying it. and I'm caucasian.
@@phaedrussocrates7636 then you go ahead and take food out of your families mouth and give to free loaders
Thank you, for the comprehensive video. It really helped me understand the scope of the debate, I appreciate that you explained the historical background, it would have alluded me (a non American) otherwise.
Why should I pay for something that happened when I wasn't alive when my family wasn't in the country?
u r not paying the govment is
@@Etaoinshrdlu69 Are you 10 years old?
Because you benefit from it anyway 🙂
Because all immigrants benefit from slavery
@Bahtriq Al-Bahtmani nah that's not how taxes work.
What about all other people who are discriminated against by other people. Chinese, Japanese, Irish, German, Italians. So, everybody pays everybody 😂 that’s a joke.
They already got paid or put under the white umbrella.
Truth Be Told a Sad State of Affairs
No.
Correcting the wage gap begins with doing a better job of teaching the poor about money management and not glorifying consumption and status symbols... take the Asian community for example...
I have 3 kids a dog and a wife to feed and a mortgage. I’m not giving anybody my hard earned money. They can go get a second job like I did.
That isn't how any of this works.
Its not like the federal government is gonna slide up to you at the bank to take the money you were going to spend on dog food.
The government is just going to borrow money to make the payments. Then spend the next 50 dollars or so to pay off what they borrowed.
A very small bit of the taxes collected from your second job and your first job will help to pay for it. And then when your 3 kids grow up. A small amount of the money collected from their jobs will pay for it.
That's how it works. You won't even know what was taken.
One grievously underestimated contributing factor to the “racial wealth gap” is a generalized ignorance regarding basic money management-including basic investing and the importance of savings to future wealth outcomes….
A 2010 study (which is ongoing) comparing the “wealth accumulation” of different groups over time, found that among African Americans, Latinos, and recent Asian immigrants, within ten years, the Asian immigrants had accumulated 15X the wealth of African Americans, and 9X the wealth of Latinos. Particularly striking was the rate of savings between the three groups, with Asians saving, on average, 20% of earned income, Latinos, 12%….and African Americans, less than 2%….
What is important about the above study is that its results mimic other, similar ones….Whatever is decided upon in regards to reparations, serious thought must be put into adding money management courses as a mandatory requirement to a public school education….
Reparations would fix the economy overnight.
HOW ARE DESCENDANTS OWED ANY MONEY? AND WHY? I DONT GET IT? IF A GREAT-GRANDFATHER DIES AND HAS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000 UNDER HIS BED WHEN HE DIES
NOT EVERY GRANDKID GETS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000!! AND THEIR KIDS GET 2 HOUSES ETC !! LOL THEY SPLIT IT UP !! LOL.. THESE REPARATIONS CRAZIES ARE ASKING FOR CURRENT TAXPAYERS TO GIVE THEM
MONEY THAT THEY DIDNT WORK FOR AND ARE NOT OWED ANYTHING.. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF SLAVERY WE WERE BORN IN ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. WE ARE JUST LUCKY THAT WE WERNT BORN IN SOME HUT IN A FIELD SOMEWHERE.. AND NOW WE ARE ASKING THESE HOSTS TO GIVE US MONEY? WHEN WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL !!? OWN A BUSINESS!! ? EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME THE FREAKIN PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY !!?? IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE PART OF THIS WOKE. BLM ETC CRAZY IDEA !!!!
What i don't like is how this perspective completely ignores that POVERTY effects EVERYONE every race Nowadays. Of course i care about the pain of our past. If we are going to truly grow, we need to address poverty as a whole.
F the past stop being false guilted, tomorrow is all that matters and complainers are not meeting the bill for progression
@@gbh5912 If you realized, i agreed with you in some ways.. i said sorta what you did, just in a different way.
@@benmcreynolds8581
I do, I just didn't want you to have to feel guilty about past pain because the past is done and tomorrow is what matters, I'm completely on your side friend and like your passion to help people to help themselves- because no one can directly help someone that will have any real longevity
Now, do a story of the destruction trying to free slaves and how the whole world benefited from the America's slave trade. Let's talk about how the Indians benefited from slaves.
Aye wats the brother in the suit name I gota have some words 😅 who’s side are u on
150 years ago! Yeah the courts will declare any of this nonsense UNCONSTITUTIONAL! You cannot discriminate and pay anyone for no damages since they are living 150 years after an event! Thats Constitutional Law! Period end of story.
Have you recently read the constitution my friend.
Cause I don't see anything about "you cannot discriminate and pay anyone for no damages since they are living 150 years after an even!".
Hi miss what about 65 an UP WE like get paid we r not going back to school an we dio not when r going to die so paid $25 2 $34 Million
Equality is a myth . socity is never run by equal
We have a line of slaveowners in our family but all of the wealth was gone by the 1950s.
America will never pay up because as far as they're concerned they're not to blame
Is it me or this video I feel there is a sense of entitlement?
Does it count the value of all the "free" stuff taken from stores? That would level out the difference quite a bit, I think.
I never stole a thing in my life. It wouldn’t even equal out all the stolen property and land that hasn’t been given back. Get your tears ready tho. Next few years it will happen
@@YeahHeSaidit Hold your breath.
@@YeahHeSaidit HOW ARE DESCENDANTS OWED ANY MONEY? AND WHY? I DONT GET IT? IF A GREAT-GRANDFATHER DIES AND HAS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000 UNDER HIS BED WHEN HE DIES
NOT EVERY GRANDKID GETS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000!! AND THEIR KIDS GET 2 HOUSES ETC !! LOL THEY SPLIT IT UP !! LOL.. THESE REPARATIONS CRAZIES ARE ASKING FOR CURRENT TAXPAYERS TO GIVE THEM
MONEY THAT THEY DIDNT WORK FOR AND ARE NOT OWED ANYTHING.. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF SLAVERY WE WERE BORN IN ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. WE ARE JUST LUCKY THAT WE WERNT BORN IN SOME HUT IN A FIELD SOMEWHERE.. AND NOW WE ARE ASKING THESE HOSTS TO GIVE US MONEY? WHEN WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL !!? OWN A BUSINESS!! ? EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME THE FREAKIN PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY !!?? IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE PART OF THIS WOKE. BLM ETC CRAZY IDEA !!!!
OH, YOU MEAN LIKE HOW THIS LAND WAS STOLEN FROM THE NATIVES? OR THE INVENTIONS THAT KEMET ASCENT INVENTED IN WHITE STOLE THEIR INVENTIONS AND PUT THEIR NAMES ON IT? AND AFRICAN BEING STOLEN FROM THEIR OWN LAND USED LIKE GARBAGE.I was going to say & treated like dogs but You all love dogs!!! LOOK THIEVES CAN'T TALK ABOUT ANYONE STILLING AT ALL!!!
@@BabyDWash Hahaha! Even Commiefornia has decided they don't have the money for it.
The damage has been done, unfortunately. The American government has favored people of European decent. That's one the reasons why the slave owners were compensated, not the enslaved. Reparations will never happen and anyone who has a bit of education knows it. I feel sorry for anyone who has put any energy into the notion that it will.
We can't even get simple humanity. I still feel fortunate to have been born in this country. I would not have wanted it any other way. It's not perfect, but no country is.
HEY, TALKING THE WAY YOU ARE TALKING IS JUST WHAT THEY LIKE TO HEAR. BELIEVE ANYWAY JUST TO MAKE THEM WRONG. BELIEVE & DON'T STOP BELIEVING OKAY?!!!!
Africa should also pay up on reparations. It was Africans who help put their own people in slavery. I don’t want anyone to forget that. That’s Facts.
Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content awareness 🙏🏾
no. they actually don't have anything to pay for.
USA have many other problems that could be solved with that money, and will....
Yeah I know y'all don't...but you have money to give strangers.
HOW ARE DESCENDANTS OWED ANY MONEY? AND WHY? I DONT GET IT? IF A GREAT-GRANDFATHER DIES AND HAS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000 UNDER HIS BED WHEN HE DIES
NOT EVERY GRANDKID GETS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000!! AND THEIR KIDS GET 2 HOUSES ETC !! LOL THEY SPLIT IT UP !! LOL.. THESE REPARATIONS CRAZIES ARE ASKING FOR CURRENT TAXPAYERS TO GIVE THEM
MONEY THAT THEY DIDNT WORK FOR AND ARE NOT OWED ANYTHING.. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF SLAVERY WE WERE BORN IN ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. WE ARE JUST LUCKY THAT WE WERNT BORN IN SOME HUT IN A FIELD SOMEWHERE.. AND NOW WE ARE ASKING THESE HOSTS TO GIVE US MONEY? WHEN WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL !!? OWN A BUSINESS!! ? EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME THE FREAKIN PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY !!?? IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE PART OF THIS WOKE. BLM ETC CRAZY IDEA !!!!
The government study that underpins this whole presentation is a classic example of trying to identify one causal factor among a myriad of factors. Works politically, but not as a matter of fact.
My ancestors actually arrived after the civil war so I guess any immigrants that arrived after the fact are also punished having to pay for the transgressions of the previous southern slaveholders. Also, the amount they're talking about would cause higher inflation. Which means higher rates by the Fed which of course would have a global impact as well I'd imagine.
Any "reparations" should also take into account the lives and treasure spent to end slavery in the United States during the Civil War. You should probably subtract all the taxpayers' money spent on welfare and other programs over the last 150 years. I think the "reparations" would turn out to be a negative amount.
Yes that is correct you should know one of two things either compensation would eventually have to take place or karma would eventually occur on the US to correct the wrong that has been done. Now the pathetic truth is that you were not educated on all the mess that the US was doing but basically it will be paid one way or the other and because you are here you are caught in the middle of it.
@@swissmiss-rj4pq Now imagine we hold all other countries responsible for their past. Seeing as how they have much, much longer histories, should be good. Get the popcorn ready.
@@swissmiss-rj4pq HOW ARE DESCENDANTS OWED ANY MONEY? AND WHY? I DONT GET IT? IF A GREAT-GRANDFATHER DIES AND HAS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000 UNDER HIS BED WHEN HE DIES
NOT EVERY GRANDKID GETS 2 HOUSES AND $100.000!! AND THEIR KIDS GET 2 HOUSES ETC !! LOL THEY SPLIT IT UP !! LOL.. THESE REPARATIONS CRAZIES ARE ASKING FOR CURRENT TAXPAYERS TO GIVE THEM
MONEY THAT THEY DIDNT WORK FOR AND ARE NOT OWED ANYTHING.. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF SLAVERY WE WERE BORN IN ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. WE ARE JUST LUCKY THAT WE WERNT BORN IN SOME HUT IN A FIELD SOMEWHERE.. AND NOW WE ARE ASKING THESE HOSTS TO GIVE US MONEY? WHEN WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL !!? OWN A BUSINESS!! ? EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME THE FREAKIN PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY !!?? IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE PART OF THIS WOKE. BLM ETC CRAZY IDEA !!!!
Money, money, money...
min 10:05 California = Always ahead by a century
Is THAT why almost a million folks have run-not walked-away from the State in the last 5 years?
@@Shineon83 where to ? Mexas Texas? Good riddance! Dont let the door hit ya on the way out!
@@k.t.5405always ahead? Yeah in terms of homeless population and cost of living lol. LA county alone has a dozen times the homeless of all of Oklahoma.
It would have a huge negative effect on the economy, making the money useless anyways or creating a huge real estate bubble. If all nations has to pay back for how they have threated others for the last hundreds of years, i think most nation states would go bankrupt because of the huge population boost we have had the last 100 years.
Well technically if you want to make it good you'd have to take from those who benefited from it, then it would even out
Who benefited from it?
@@tomlxyz
Benefitted?
Slaves weren't had for free son- further your education please
People had to have ships , sail deadly oceans, pay and deal with deadly vicious traders that gathered slaves from African leaders who sold them to these sumarians.
Sad but that was the norm, crying don't change that and paying people money now is like paying your kid because you yelled at them instead of really meaning you are sorry, what does that teach anyone?
So, anyone that benefited just made a smart business deal, not a world I'd want to be part of but I'd imagine it is somewhat normal but thankfully bitter sweet to many.
So- how do you just block out all the slave, abuse and torture going on today, it's happening now, what are you doing to stop it?
Pretty cowardly to safely point fingers at people that are dead, why aren't you pointing at the abusers that are 'benefiting' off human suffering now?
Going bankrupt would be a small price to pay considering the repercussions of not repaying. Judgement from the Most High is coming. Repayment is coming either willingly or unwillingly.
@@breadforzion what do you mean by unwillingly? How would that be enforced?
It is very interesting that they 1) They don't demand any reparations from other nations. 2) They completely disregard the effects of slavery trade on African states. 3) They want more money, instead more seats in a senate, or some piece of land with autonomy. 4) They do not demand any compensation actually from some of the African states that participated in the trade and supplied prisoners of war to the market. 5) They do not take into account that the later waves of immigrants did not participated in slavery trade or benefited from it. Although, they may have implicitly benefited from the racial discrimination which is debatable. 6) They ultimate goal is to make another 90% of population to pay them for their education, healthcare, land and financial aid. 7) They do not realize that it may create a dangerous situation where the minority is legally more privileged than majority while this minority is effectively has no power to protect itself from retaliation. It may destabilize the country. Some states may refuse to execute federal order to pay if such is enacted. Moreover the hate may reach the heating point and explode in a social unrest or even civil war.
In my opinion, they should act smarter and just ask the federal government for help without mentioning any history. Maybe put in the same line other American minorities that suffer from wealth gap. In general, it seems these guy are more concerned about money than justice and just exploit the past to push their political agenda.
I stopped reading after #1 as it is factually wrong. You need to look outside your own bubble. All over the world people who have been repressed are seeking reparations, including the U.K., Australia, etc. Nations are cutting their ties with colonialist entities that has relegated the UK to what it is, an island of people that have what they have from the backs of others. It is the source of their wealth. The United States is equally responsible. Most of its problems comes because of their bravado to stick their noses where it doesn't belong and dictate to their whims. And they continue to do it today. For example, the problem with the southern border is directly correlated to Iran Contra, sanctions, etc. which are all of US's doing. You want a solution? Take good hard look in the mirror. And you have the gall wonder why people look to the US and other European nations for reparations? Please7
Why would the majority care besides being emotional about it?
@@locman6228 Well, If you prefer to live in a fantasyland, where nobody cares, that is your choice.
Total US reparations = Estimated at $50 TRILLION. Total European GLOBAL reparations = $800 TRILLION.
@@MyHandelsMessiah yeah dude, its a hefty bill...wreck the world.
No.
If someone has been wronged, then compensate them. Don't compensate people who are so far removed from the actual grievance.
So what about the lady from Tulsa?
I would agree if it happens to all minorities whom are all stuck in that position but it clearly isn’t.
I don't believe in the justice of reparations, but resolution of the endemic inherent racism in the present day, which is an egregious echo of the same mindset of slavery. And extrapolated to sexism and so on.
E.g. Some astonishing racial biases in legal frameworks STILL existing surrounding property ownership and inheritance.
BUT the fighting talk from victims is actually a big turn off, just adds to the divisive agenda 'us' v 'them', and not attempting to be inclusive or integrative.
You are the definition of GasLighting. That 'endemic' of inherent racism exists in your imagination.
Can you expand on that last part?
We Wont Bow Down to Them Never.
Will 1 check make a difference? NO! They want enough to live a luxury life till they die, got to keep up with the Jones' ya know.
OMW....WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO STOP USING THE PAST TO ENRICH THEIR FUTURE...NEWSFLASH....ONE MUST ACTUALLY HAVE A BRAIN TO GET EDUCATED AND EARN A LIVING.. SICK OF THIS BS ......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a shame that white slave holders and proponents of Jim Crow didn’t want to work hard use their brains or earn a living themselves. They wanted to cruelly exploit others for their benefit leading to the problems we have today.
It comes down to laziness and greed, not made up reasons aka excuses. It's no secret that the gap is based on their own lack of motivation and behavior. Give them nothing.