blackangold

What are your thoughts on reparations? Do you thing it would solve anything on a long term basis?

Honestly, as a conservative, I am starting to think it would be a good thing. Although it may not actually fix long term issues in those communities but it may help jump start better jobs and businesses in those areas. We just had over 6 trillion in stimulus with more coming. I think 250-300 billion in direct payments (25k per family of 4) to the black community may be a positive.

rezburna

I'm cool with that, but we have to first determine on our end what we would want those reparations to be. People are jumping out there making claims for reparations, but that's something I like to call "Nation Business". We have to approach these kind of situations as though we're an independent nation and come to the consensus on what's best for everybody. Our leadership is poor and oftentimes compromised. I need to be able to trust those leading the charge.

Personally, I feel that if you gave each Black person in America $25k or even $350k a piece we'd likely blow through it all with little to no progress. Maybe I'm pessimistic, but we'd end up giving that money right back to the government. I always liked the Nation of Islam's idea of reparations. Land in the South for an independent nation and the Israel treatment as it pertains to aid for a few decades. We work together as sister nations. As equals.

Like I said though, my community has to sit at the table and figure out what we want. I will acknowledge the fact that several Conservatives have approached me and have been willing to negotiate the terms on reparations. Both White Liberals and Conservatives seem to be warming up to the idea when just a few months ago it was definitive no. It's surprised me.

"The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.” - Stokely Carmichael

rezburna

You'll find me unique. I don't view the Conservatives as the ultimate enemy like most of my contemporaries. I do no differentiating between Obama, Clinton, Trump, or Biden. I actually listened to my ancestors. MLK likened Conservatives to wolves and Liberals to foxes. Wolves don't hid their desire to eat the sheep. Foxes are sneaky and might frolic and play with the sheep. They're cunning. Yet...the appetite is the same. I'm down to figure it all out together, as long as we can come to equal terms. I want the power.