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[Athene]

Reparations is literally proposed for descendants of slaves. Therefore, slavery is the issue on the table. You've never been a slave. Therefore, you aren't owed money for slavery.

Fix the problems that exist now? Hell, yes. Expect my taxes to pay you for something that never happened to you and that my ancestors never perpetrated? Um, no. I would have no problem paying reparations to people who had been slaves and their immediate family members. None of them are alive anymore. I don't blame you for wanting money. I like money too, but I won't get it because my great, great so-and-so walked the Trail of Tears. I'm also not going to support taking it from the country's depleted coffers when the majority of us aren't descended from slaveowners, and even those that are don't own any damn slaves.

Wow. It appears that you're dreadfully uniformed regarding this subject. Read up on the various cases being made for reparations if you're interested. Or don't. 
Makes no difference to me. 

I didn't make that post with intention of making an exhaustive effort in trying to convince you of anything.
 
I was simply relaying to Huggy that I'm no longer voting for candidates or parties who continue to talk around and/or dismiss Black Americans' legitimate requests for substantive action and redress. Enough is enough.

My husband and I spend a lot of time doing technical things together, which leads to a lot of misunderstandings. One or the other of us is usually saying some iteration of "you don't understand what I'm saying." We actively replaced that with, "Maybe I'm not explaining myself well." The reason I bring this up is because instead of writing a detailed post about what you think I'm misunderstanding, you just say it's gone over my head. Why don't you explain carefully what you think needs to happen for inherent white supremacy to change? What specifically do you think white people aren't doing right? Being not good enough allies isn't really an explanation. Sure, I don't agree with reparations, but nearly half of black people don't, either. What else?

Lol...Do you seriously think I'm going to go round and round with you on this shit again?
Absolutely not.

Quit concerning yourself with what some random Black chick online thinks and just do whatever it is you feel led to do, Shell.