RE: The Logistics of Reparations
June 24, 2020 at 9:41 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2020 at 9:47 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(June 24, 2020 at 5:23 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:(June 24, 2020 at 5:18 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Are you under the impression that being white or black has ever been about anything more than how people look, OLB? Honestly, it's not always been about even that much. Dark skinned brown eyed italians were black, but red headed blue eyed irishmen weren't white. Now they're both white. Such is the fiction of a white race. The thing that has you so very economically anxious and concerned about racism has never been anything more or less than an obsession with a fantasy of race.Which exactly what a great many reparation advocates are asking for
The notion that we would even have to have a commission to determine who is and who aint black, or black enough, and by what metric...to effect meaningful reparations for slavery and our continued systemic issues is, itself, a fantasy. Any hypothetical funds could simply be directed towards programs that produce the intended effects in marginalized communities. No Race Panel required.
As ever, glad to clear things up for you.
And which makes it a far more appealing model than the "every black person gets a huge-ass check that's supposed to represent the money their ancestors would have made if they were actually paid" model that comes to a lot of minds when the subject comes up (including mine, to be honest.)
... well, at least to most people besides the crypto-racist and the "not with my money" Libertarian crowd:
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