better education in areas with s***ty education

I’m talm bout them areas literally years behind from the rest of the u.s. Mississippi is having to raise hell just to change the confederate symbol on there state flag.

Ohh I feel u, I was confused if u were talking about money being sent to people there or if u was talking investing in the community out there

NYT just came out with a very compelling article arguing for reparations. The article does a great job putting into context hundreds of years of racist economic practices, the importance of generational wealth, and the exclusion of blacks from public funds. it also shuts down common arguments that you see in this thread like, "my grandparents weren't slave owners" and "why can't they just pull themselves up by their bootstraps".

doesn't get into the technical aspects of how it would work too much, but anybody who reads it and isn't convinced that reparations are needed in the country might just be a racist

it's kind of long and probably pay walled but worth reading if you have NYT

nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/24/magazine/reparations-slavery.html

There is not a single reason to be against reparations tbh

Where’s the money going to come from?

The money given to defense contractors

Bump because California is doing this

They need to do REPAIRations.

Repair this society.

reparations are not even the beginning of it

Badum tss

yea f***ing dumb ass austerity reparations

REAL reparations means handing OWNERSHIP and SELF DETERMINATION to black people.

not only Black Californians who can prove a direct lineage to enslaved ancestors not including Black Immigrants to California.

glad it's happening tho but it's f***ing pennies to trillions in stolen wealth.