Hey so black people were barred from many of the benefits white people were afforded that helped them build generational wealth. Many black soldiers were barred from the GI bill, many everyday black people were barred from housing loans. Owning a home is one of the biggest factors in building generational wealth. Not to mention many prosperous black communities were burned to the ground or turned into literal lakes or had a highway ran through it further widening the wealth gap.

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Also red lining, the crime bill, war on drugs, that disproportionately affected these communities. History has consequences. Not to mention brother, a known racist became President of the United States twice. A blatant racist who was MIND YOU endorsed by a KKK member. You know a know racist terrorist group. All of this and I haven’t even talked about systemic racism.

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Welfare isn’t a fix. It’s life support. Black people should be afforded the benefits offered to white people back in the past so we have a chance to build generational wealth. They quite literally gave slave masters reparations. They gave Asian Americans reparations. Why not give the people who made this nation Whst it is reparations?

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Anonymous OP 9w

Should African immigrants be given reparations?

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Anonymous #2 9w

I’m not knowledgeable on African immigrants to speak on them so I won’t give an opinion nor speak on them.

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My concern with reparations is mainly logistical. Who gets reparations? Do you have to prove your lineage to slavery? What about mixed people? Do they get half reparations? Most African immigrants are very wealthy and while they can experience racism, they don’t have the same history of oppression as African Americans

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Anonymous #2 9w

Mostly every impoverished black person is a victim of racial injustice. Most major black communities were impacted by racist policies like redlining like the war on drugs. Many of these communities still are suffering from these policies. If the same government in the past can give slave masters “40 acres and a mule” for each slave they had to “set free” then there should be no argument on that same body giving impoverished black people there just dues

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Majority of black communities were impacted by these policies. Also social mobility today is difficult for even white people let alone a group that’s been held down. I think you should do research on endemic poverty alongside the tons of data on black people and social mobility.

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Again you need to do more research cuz this point is ignorant. You think racism ended with slavery when that isnt the case. Once again history has consequences. There were years of black people trying to better themselves and being punished for this betterment. Do you need me to go over this or can you do your research?

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Name the community that went through centuries of racism in America. Also you further show your ignorance of this topic when you say “black people teach their kids that athleticism is the only way to make it” because that very statement neglects the history of redlining.

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*similar to black people*

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Once again you further prove your ignorance. You constantly name the results of centuries of oppression while leaving out the racism that caused it. Again do you need me to explain or can you do your own research?

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For multiple reasons. During the time if the Asian American immigration system, the Asian immigrants allowed to enter were mainly already skilled. Black people weren’t allow to get this skill. Also at a time during civil rights, the whole “model minority” thing came out which flipped the view if Asian Americans and further demonized black Americans. Also a many Asian minorities received reparations for being placed in interment camps during the WW.

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Asian Americans did not face the same level of racial violence as black Americans nor for the same length. Once more it shows your ignorance

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You’d make a good nurse but a horrible doctor. You can point to symptoms of racism but struggle to define the cause.

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Also further you do realize that the social definition of “white” was changed constantly right?

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So then is the argument specifically for slavery or broader racial injustice? What about other minorities that faced oppressive policies, but weren’t necessarily subject to slavery?

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Affirmative action doesnt exist anymore. Also do you know what DEIA is? An example of DEIA is ensuring companies have handicapped ramps for the disabled, blind hiring, or ensuring companies have pads in the women’s bathroom. It isn’t reparations

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Both. Black Americans have faced a unique kind of racial injustice due to the type and the amount of time. I’d even include Native Americans.

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Brother you continuously show your ignorance. Affirmative action for college admissions and federal employment ended in 2023. Please stop replying to me because it’s obvious you’ve no idea what you’re talking about.

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