Quote Originally Posted by pisshead
so how far back in history do we have to pay reparations for?

i seem to recall lots of dead native americans...have you paid them?

it would bankrupt the world if we all had to pay for past grievances.

Wow, for once I cant agree with you there pisshead. I dont know what your race is and it inst even important. I think reparations should continue for as long as they're needed. We live in an era of affirmative action where black people are given jobs that they may or may not deserve. People in affirmative action dont get paid more or anything they just get the job because it was a big problem that blacks werent even getting jobs in the first place. We still live in a society where people complain that blacks are given that in the first place. Have you ever been through a black ghetto? It's easy to say things about freedom when you've never had it really threatened. People shoot each other and all the media does is blame rap music and videogames. Noone ever says "well i wonder why they live like that with all these liberties and freedoms" because that would mean understanding that all those rappers rap about the life they live. Ashlee Simpson and sum41 and shania twain and all those "white music" (im not ignorant i dont know how to word it) artists sing and dance about being in love and how their life sucks because they can't get a date or they broke up with their lover. They sing about those things because that's the life they know and at the end of the day, music or not they're in a much better position just because of their skin color. Rappers rap about drug dealing and shooting glocks on the corner because that's the life they know and thats the life almost the entire community knows. Put 50 cent in a business suit and a Yale education and he's still got a whole lot to overcome to be successful. That goes for all blacks that arent privileged enough to be born above the poverty line. The government makes reparations to indians. They have casinos that bring in millions of dollars. The NA's in charge then disperse that throughout the people. If native american indians still live in poverty then that's because of the greed of their peers, not because blacks want more than they deserve. The fact is, blacks are still oppressed and its done subtly with big corporate commercials that show more ethnicities just to reap money from that section of the public. We watch television and then we pat ourselves on the back proclaiming about what wonderful advancements in cultural diversity the country is making. Then we all go to sleep not knowing that people are out selling coke and heroin because they've been born into a society that does it to make ends meet. You go to them and you tell them that the country has done all it can to make things better. You go and tell them that it's okay to use state property and funds that could be diverted to black health care and better schooling to demonstrate flying a flag that was used to showcase people's beliefs that blacks are sub-human and should only be used as agricultural fodder. You tell them that even though the Mexican President made racist comments about how his people are forced to do jobs not even blacks want and the government didnt even do so much as reprimand him even though blacks were insulted on an international level. If anything i've said is untrue then you should have no altercations at all. You tell them that we dont live in a society where blacks are ruthlessly given less than due process of the law on a frequent basis. Remember Rodney King? That was just one of many incidents we dont hear about. You go and tell them. If you can do that without sparking another three-day race riot, post back here and we'll toke as we message the board.

I dont think you're racist or anything like that. I think that you (like many others) have been led to believe that everything is fine and that blacks have every opportunity available. Truth is, we don't. Whites have their corporations and indians have their casinos. SOME black people have drugs that the united states refuses to legalise thus justifying frequent and constant arrests of people who have nothing in the first place. Everything's all nice and real balanced right?