From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 10:49:11 MDT
In a message dated 9/6/02 3:05:50, fauxever@sprynet.com writes:
> Rather, reparations programs are seeking to obtain money from some of
>the many corporations that profited from slave labor and flip that money
>into education and economic development for the poorest black communities
>- mainly to help kids (as early as possible) get a good start in education.
Actually there are all kinds of reparation proposals. This is one of the more
sensible ones. Others do go for gov't money.
> Right now the poorest kids in the most deprived communities go to the
>worst schools - a vicious cycle. Successful corporations (those with roots
>in pre-Civil War USA) shall now have the opportunity to "return" some of
>the money they made on the backs of free slave labor - to help out the
>kids of some of the descendants still suffering from the effects of the
>oppression which has been their lot for generations. It seems only fair
>to me.
Yes, hitting up the corporations responsible - to the extent they are
responsible - gets around biggest problem with reparations, which is that
everyone involved is now long dead. However, most responsible entities
will either be small or bankrupt by now (it's been a long time) so a fair
reparation will be small. You can't strip Esso of all its assets because
it bought a company that had bought a company that had bought a company
that had bought a slave.
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