Clyde “will it hurt you? Will it have ANY effect on your life? Are you going to lose anything? The answer is no.”

Yes it will cost me and others as a tax payers more then what we as a country have given to this process of (Leveling of playing field)billions.
Here’s some of what Blacks want for reparations.

Complete paid for education based on color or proven heritage.
Complete medical care for life based on the trauma of ancestors as slaves.
Real preface in hiring, show up black get job. Removal of all blacks from prison if their conviction was drug related. They believe they as a group use drugs because of past slavery which affects them. And it goes on. If you think this is a joke it’s not.

I love how white people don’t take personal responsiblity from the institution that has benefited their lives so much. Pathetic.

I love how white people don’t take personal responsiblity from the institution that has benefited their lives so much. Pathetic.
— stanley

That’s because we whites are the majority in this country and thats what happens. It happens in our voting, our town meetings (Roberts rules).
this BULLCHIT of bring me your tired your poor is just a dream. The experiment is loosing its luster when it get down to dog eat dog. put that in your minority pipe and puff on it!!!!!I want all you Black people to bite on this, when the brown people Mexicans come to power they wont treat you Blacks kindly.

Goviskillingme,

Seriously, what different does it make bad treatment is bad treatment and personally it would at least be exciting to see what kind of different bad treatment it would be rather than the some ol same ol. (lol).

But the one thing for certain is, you wouldn’t receive better treatment.

What’s with all this talk about why “WE” don’t need to apologize? Your statements reflect the “us against them” mentality that still exists to divide races in America and quite adequately reflects the extent racist thought still is in existence. Look you bigotted ##### The federal government apologized for contributing and facilitating to the enslavement of the ancestors of the majority of its african-american citizens. Unless YOU are the federal government why are you taking so much offense to an apology?

To thegoviskillingme:

A fool who obviously gets his news from commentators rather than factual sources. Reparations won’t happen and I challenge you to cite to a credible source where “blacks” want all that you listed in reparations. Where did you get such a ridiculous list from? Limbaugh, Hannity?

I agree with thegoviskillingme and his opinion. I won’t apologize for something I had no part in, and neither should the government since they had no part in it either! That was a different world, YET, blacks seem to perpetuate the story from ancestor to ancestor, down through the ages just to keep the bad feelings ongoing! Must you ALWAYS want to be a victim? Isn’t it about time you stood up on your own two feet and took care of yourself and started your own life instead of living in the past in someone’s elses life? Personally, I think its a joke requesting an apology, for what? What did anyone living today have to do with slavery or any part of it? Did they try to bring it back? Do they still have slaves? What???? I would think you would get tired of feeling sorry for yourself and want something better! Wearing a hair shirt ALL of the time, or flogging yourself constantly gets really boring!!!! Me, I’m tired of it, aren’t YOU?

Gov

This is not about money. This resoloution is not handing out money. This will do no harm to me or you, do you understand? And where are you getting your information regarding what blacks want for reparations? Your comments seem to indicate a dislike for the black community as a whole. That is your perrogative. Where does this seeming dislike come from?

Most of these replies must be coming from people under 40 years old. Even though slavery was about 200 years ago, The Jim Crow laws are not. I lived in it in the deep South. So this is relevant to me. People remember what they want just as long as it doesn’t bring any stress to their little world. But my question is where was all of the “decent” people at when your peers were out committing crimes against humanity? You were sitting by quietly and not standing up. Afraid of being persecuted by your own people. Stewing in your own cowardness. And that is just as bad as those who did the damage. But you are quick to say “it wasn’t me or my ancestors”. How would you know? I’m not reading about their bravery for defending black people in history books. The first step is for the government to recognize the wrong. But in doing so can open up the World Court to bring charges for crimes against humanity. And there are no statute of limitations on that.

As far as the reparations go, I have my own take on the matter.
There should be money involved for us older people. We lived through it. We caught the water hoses, lynchings, beatings, and segregation. Education matters are for our younger people. I don’t plan on going back to school at my age. And definitely haven’t had the opportunities to open up any businesses or make investments that would keep me from relying on the government for a handout. So yes, for me, it is about the money. If the money is “blown” away, that is the individual’s business and his or her loss. I have a plan. It will put generational wealth into my family. I could care less about being rich. It’s about wealth. Buying land and going from there. Leaving what I have to my offspring to pass on for generations later.
Otherwise, trade schools should be built. Everybody is not college material. But people who know a trade are getting paid a very decent salary.