Serious question here, What part of reparations is owed by areas of America TODAY that were NOT part of America during the era of slavery ? For instance, but by no means exclusive: what would Idaho owe ? Idaho was admitted to the US territories in 1890. Long after slavery was abolished. Do the residents of Idaho owe reparations ?
BOHICA NY- Reparations Edition
- Thread starter TEOTWAWKI inc.
- Start date
Bigfoot
.577 Tyrannosaur.
What happens if a black person is only, say, 10% black? 10% payout?
I read somewhere that all, non-immigrant blacks in the US have a percentage of White/European DNA. Many share DNA withe slave owners, which makes them closer to the evil than me and my people.
If a White guy with 3% black DNA, does he get 3% of the funds?
What about those of us whose family came here after the ol slave days? Do I owe through taxes?
Granted, this will never happen, not in a million years.
They will just keep begging.
I said something similar a while back. I told how none of my ancestors came here until after WW1. Why am I on the hook for any of this ?
It ☆MIGHT☆ have planned that way
spat
.950 JDJ
Here's a serious question for anyone proposing a reparations scheme.
What would Kamala Harris pay or get paid ?
She's black (sort of), but her family were also major slave holders.
Does she owe money, or does she get a check to cash ?
What would Kamala Harris pay or get paid ?
She's black (sort of), but her family were also major slave holders.
Does she owe money, or does she get a check to cash ?
Does a black person whose ancestors came to America after 1865 also qualify for being entitled to reparations even though their family had absolutely nothing to do with any of it?
What if my at home DNA test says I'm 3% black, do I qualify?
The entire concept is ridiculous on so many levels
What if my at home DNA test says I'm 3% black, do I qualify?
The entire concept is ridiculous on so many levels
spat
.950 JDJ
What about a black person who descended from a slave owner.
*Lots* of slave owners left their DNA all over the family trees of their slaves.
So, are you a victim because of your great-great-great-grandma, or a victimizer because of your great-great-great-grandpa ?
Bigfoot
.577 Tyrannosaur.
DNA tests don't tell whether you are "Black" or "white".
Black and white are colors.
The focus of slavery reparations is on lineage.
So in your mind in order for someone to qualify for reputations, what would they need to do to prove their individual lineage goes back to being a direct slave?
For reparations based on enslavement, yes. With the caveat that slave-trading records were often destroyed, so that makes necessary a degree of uncertainty.
EDIT: misread the message I am replying to.
A massive documentation project would be necessary, tracing citizens' roots. Consolidating existing slavery-related records would be the starting point.
Last edited:
Something like this:
Eligibility test:
* U.S. citizenship
* Self-identification as descended from people enslaved in the United States
* Documented ancestral connection to at least one person enslaved in the U.S. or legally classified within the post-slavery Freedmen population
Because records are incomplete, the proof standard should be preponderance of evidence.
1075tech
.338 Win Mag
So, if my Irish ancestors were slaves, do I qualify or is this racist because only blacks are eligible?
It's lineage based, regardless of one's "color"
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Somebody look'n for a payday. Whats the tax on un-earned income.
Robin
Robin
Yet still you linger, like an old fart, wasting away your decrepit existence...
So if I had only one uncle that was enslaved, the rest of my kin were freemen living in the Oregon territory, would I get the full amount, or just a little?
What if it was an uncle -inlaw not a blood related uncle?
If the last slave in my family was freed in 1775, would I still be eligible for payment from the US of A?
No slaves in my family in the US, only the colonies.
If your family got into the uncle-daddy thing and you were a descendent of him, then I suppose so...otherwise, you'd be ineligible.
There were a lot of slaves in the Caribbean working on sugar plantations as well, what if someone has lineage back to slavery that occurred on US territory like Puerto rico or the USVI that were not actually states but territory.
Puerto Rico became a US territory In 1898, which for all you learing educated folks is after the US civil war concluded. So in this situation you could have roots back to slavery on land that was not US territory at the time, but it is today.
What type of situation would that fall under?
Does that qualify for reparations too? Or tough shit for them?
Puerto Rico became a US territory In 1898, which for all you learing educated folks is after the US civil war concluded. So in this situation you could have roots back to slavery on land that was not US territory at the time, but it is today.
What type of situation would that fall under?
Does that qualify for reparations too? Or tough shit for them?
This entire conversation makes my head hurt.
There have been a lot of stupid ideas put forth in the last 150 years, but thisifea of reparations for slavery is definitely at the top of the stupid list.
Grown ass men and women, out there begging like crazy for monies never earned.
The entire idea makes me sick and does nothing but make my disdain grow even more.
No honor, no pride.
Can you imagine the graft potential that would naturally arise? Overnight there would be so many firms offering historical documentation services so people could become eligible for reparations. It would make the "quality learing center" look legitimate in comparison.
I also think you'd have the same problem the Nazis did as they tried to pin down the definition of a jew. Did one grandparent make you Jewish? What percentage of Jewish blood crossed the threshold? Same problem here. What percentage of your ancestry was a former slave and what would be the threshold to receive reparations. This nonsense would be tied up in the courts for decades.