REPARATIONS NOW! NOT A DEBATE FOREVER.
I'm talking Black this morning - angry, serious, silly and serious again.
A taste of a slice that was offered, dare I say was “dreamed”:
What was received? A dream deferred:
At this point, I think the Black Democrats are just garnering donor dollars on reparations bills from white liberals, not passing the bill for reasons I related to the reality of limited resources and fear of competition, the anti - Black jam on the buttered bread of white supremacy. OH NO! Next justice Democrat in position to REACT! and coming out with a new bill for the same thing. A racket. Wes Moore’s too big smile tom foolery was a REACTION! to all the previous bills before like REACTION! (California Legislative Black Caucus Introduces 2024 Reparations Legislative Package | Legislative Black Caucus and REACTION! Booker Reintroduces Legislation to Form Commission for Study of Reparation Proposals for African Americans and REACTION! Senator Reverend Warnock Reintroduces Legislation to Provide Full GI Bill Benefits to Families of Previously Denied Black WWII Veterans » Reverend Raphael Warnock and another REACTION! Amid Onslaught on DEI, Pressley, Booker, Colleagues Reintroduce Historic Reparations Bill During Black History Month - Ayanna Pressley. I just don’t understand why, with all the money the Democrats have, as a party, they need to shake a tin cup to find someone to do the research, state by state of what the amount of payment should be. State by state, heinous hate crime area after hate crime massacre, inch by inch, mile by mile debating. I would caution against “the debate”, it’s inviting nay sayers and a debate can be easier won just by confusing and scattering the issue across 50 individual states. The Democrat Party can pry themselves away from needy & greedy white farmers to pay for researchers. Where is the money in the Democrat party going? Are even the donation monies from their fake not for profit, party fronts donating all the money to Isreal, too? They are not winning elections. everybody is on their phone trying to have a moment we will not even remember.
Remember?
Remember?
Made me think of this:
And I was already like this:
I think of that Ben Franklin quote about the nature of the government we have, being in our power to choose and the best part of this clip is that these 3 were all trying to have a moment. MGT got the first point on a foul play, the ref intervened, then AOC said, ‘let me get moment so I can to go lay on a bed, hold the phone up and face time my followers on X/Twitch/YouTube’ and Crockette was like, “No bitch, I’m a lawyer” and the crockery we see today was born:
Okay. Okay.
This man made me love being an American (in grade school) and he died so I could have a country to love, but leave, should I get the opportunity (reparations).
A sticker, I am thinking of making and fucking giving away.
A poster
A magnet
What do you think? I like the sticker and the magnet, but the sticker is obviously cheaper to buy and the magnet can become a big sticker. You can stick them everywhere, the bus, the trains and storefronts. (I’m from and in NYC).
Isreal is acting like a kid we all secretly want someone to beat the ass of. The special interest groups that operate all these immigrant slave wage farming, meat processing and hotels and hospitality called Trump and told him to, some of those illegals belong to us, ‘stop roughing all up the property’. Immigrant coup averted and now they are further isolated in their slavery, with no allies. All of them white liberals are safe at in their homes worried about Iranian women’s hijab situation, ready to save another group. I found out you can’t have a not-for-profit organization that encourages people to vote one way, and no one has ever done a specifically Independent voter drive, as it’s not a party. I understand Democrats have killed the Greene Party through legal(war) fare that keeps them off the ballot and spending money in court. However, they have also utilized the not for profit from for raising money and spreading propaganda - No Kings, Vote Blue, Indivisible, 50/50, 50/50-1, Hands Off, etc. So, I’m thinking about fundraising and also the prospect that different black artists can join with the same message and there might not be a need to fund raise, just spark a match.
Here is me saying the above more seriously:
Black Americans have voted for the Democratic Party for more than 60 years.
Since the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 to the present, Black wealth has increased by 211,000 while Latino with has increased to $256,000, Asians by more and White wealth has increased by 1.4 trillion according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury 2024 Racial Equity Progress Report.
Human chattel slavery in the United States began in 1619 ended in 1865. Slave Masters received reparations in 1862, during the Civil War. Reparations for Foundational Black America is still a political volleyball. Black faces in the Democratic Party are representation, not reparations an clearly not effective advocates for reparations. Black Democrats, like Maryland’s veteran Gov. Wes Moore, continue to tell Blacks and signal to all “them folks”, (from a state, founded in 1788, that didn’t have a Black governor until 2023), that direct cash reparations to foundational Black Americans are not needed. Moore and representation, like him, continue to prioritize their proximity to power/donors/Democrat elite and argue against reparations. Reparations is justice because it is an admittance of a grave wrongdoing and attempt to remedy other anti - Black injustices that stem from the act and history of Human chattel slavery in America. The representation faces in other states follow suit and stall & stymie reparations bills and votes in their cities and states.
In 2025, Democrats showed they will continue to put the needs of undocumented and immigrants in America, before Black Americans/Foundational Black Americans. Informing us that an illegal act (residing in a place unlawfully/without documents) is not a crime (?) and removing the people, trespassing, is the actual crime. Moreover, the people trespassing will tell citizens the conditions of the apprehensions. The Democratic Party knows the increasing bi - lingual only/preference for employment is a a very effective reason to not hire Black workers and to cut everybody’s pay. How can Black people who are already making the least, compete with a group of people who will work for less money and/or accept less employee protections while employers can have less responsibilities to their staff and the law. The Democrats are a group of elites who have sanctioned a new slave class in America. Did you know the original Democrats were the ones who wanted to maintain slavery, in the first place? And here we are fussin’ on that same plantation with the same cheating save master.
Why are we, in NYC, watching undocumented people be used to build affordable housing projects they cannot apply to live in? Why is the Black American economic reality being dismissed and sidelined by the Democrat Party at every pressure point in what is needed to build a people and community (housing, education, civil rights and now employment)? Having any issue, but especially this issue, in a perpetual back and forth is not showing interest, it shows absolute apathy and a mockery of the crime to the victims by the victors. The Democrats play in Black America’s face calling us the “backbone”, while not advancing us financially or socially, in their legislative capacity. Despite our needs, requests and demands, despite the evidence.
This demands we step away from the Democrat Party in protest. A demand and protest we don’t bring to the streets, but at the voter rolls and at the voting box.
‘Fascism’ has been the word, catch all phrase and sentiment for Trump and MAGA, but what the Democrats or the media they control refuses to say is, the truth - Throughout history, fascism and “strongmen” ALWAYS rise when the democratic means of maintaining a functioning society fail. The Democrats are hurting all Americans; they do not care. There is shameless corruption in the party, a tangled web of not-for-profit front groups, special interest groups, lobbyists and dark money. It is time to step away from a party that is not working for us, but actively against us. It is time to Rip the Backbone out and register as an Independent voter. Step away from a party that does not fight for you and shows they respect you so little, they think putting black faces on anti-Black rhetoric or having Black Politicians perform stereotypes will satiate our demand for social and economic justice.
Mmmm ... the court would strike it down on what grounds? I agree the party is simply funneling money. I did not like that the party and the majority of the people in it had no integrity. How or why would I want to be affiliated or engaged with people, such as yourself, who think reparations is illegal. The party is full of racists swearing they are not and have obtained a series of Black actors to perform a minstrel show, because to just go right would make them like white trash MAGA. They are racist elites. That is why I advocate to be independent, let the racist right and left cannibalize themselves and their voters.
Thank you for sharing. I was once a Democrat. I'm ashamed to say it took me entirely too long to see what was happening. They say a whole lot and mean none of it. For instance, these protests? I believe they are some kind of marketing campaign to AGAIN raise money for them. They don't seem to work for the people who aren't well-connected. I don't blame anyone for using their vote wisely. As for reparations, I personally don't believe they ever meant any of it. I think they know it would be struck down in court but don't want to say that because it would take one of their manipulation tools away. That's why they keep pushing it down the road. That's just my take.