Our country will never take accountability for the actions of their ancestors. They’d rather put the blame on other people, like the actual victims of systemic racism.
It’s a constant mind game w these idiots.
if not Texas,
then Ted Cruz, the Governor, and every single Republican man elected to an office.
Women are dying, Medical care denied them.
Send them to Juarez.
Dump has said nothing about giving California back to Mexico from my google seach..and "newscum" has said he'd like to promote trade between California and Mexico to COUNTER trump tarifs? Newsom is just about gone from being governor..and if he becomes prez at least it wont be a right wing nut job.
If the federal government didn't receive as much tax revenue from California,$692.2 billion paid then $609.1 billion returned in federal aid, net gain $83.1 to U.S. treasury. I'm sure he'd consider it.
Well, one thing she's got going for her, Trump's definitely not going to be taking any refugees from Mexico who've had their lands given back to indigenous peoples the way he is from South Africa!
She gave a couple thousand hectares to First Nations people. A few square kilometres. The biggest reserve in Canada is approximately 130,000 hectares, and that’s one reserve. Not to diminish her, what she did was good, but I don’t get your angle.
The biggest problem with reparations is trying to get the people who stole the land in the first place to recognize and understand that they stole it and why they should give it back.
Yeah sure. While you're at it non-indigenous, white Latino, male. Why don't you tell me how un-racist Hispanics have been to me.
I've been to Mexico many times and I've seen how they treat the indigenous people. The Spanish were colonials and slave owners. Don't talk down to me.
my dad was full mayan. Ive been to mexico too and the USA is much worse..Ur not in a rez are U? Why would u allow anyone to talk down too you? You're not foolin me. That "racist mexico" crap is just Proud american Mumbo jumbo... MAGA talk as far as I'm concerned.
I'm not going to say "Oh you're right." I will pose a genuine question; if America is more racist than Mexico in the way it treats its indigenous people, why are you HERE?
Why are you consciously staying in a racist country when you have a choice?
California is a Spanish word. I'm where i belong..If anyone said anything racist to me..Id know exactly what to say. And if Mexico is sooo Racist why do YOU go over there?. What I did say..is that USA policy is MORE RACIST than MEXICO because there isn't one Mexican Citizen inside a Reservation.
Then why are you defending the Mexican government that suppresses its indigenous people? When I go down to Mexico, I don't see indigenous shop owners. But I DO see indigenous people who are given Chiclettes to sell, or are made to beg for money. El Chapo's the one who built schools for them.
Can you imagine the shrieks of dismay and rending of garments if a Dem tried that in the U.S? The Christofascists would probably auto-rapture themselves from an overdose of artisanal fury.
My gods. I can't imagine your Congress if someone suggested something that my people demanded, and received, in 2015: a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The recommendations are far from satisfied, but Canada understands that it has a mandate.
It would be nice if the Vatican, Spain and all those self-righteous monarchs returned all the loot plundered from the Western Hemisphere Indigenous Peoples for over 300 years.
Wild to me that a man who is so known for having suffered awful systemic oppression and is famous for advocating equality can’t be bothered to copy paste text off a text-only image to create alt text.
Model the values you claim to have and say you want from others bro.
Another thing she did this past week and it really pissed off a few expats. She reclaimed the beaches in Mexico. They've always been public, but the new "residents" think the own them and have been kicking out the public off of them. Well, she went in and reclaimed them!!
The idiots who purchased houses or condos there should have read the small print or done their homework. There aren't any private beaches in México!
Buena suerte!! 😎
Will Trump help these poor people? Is there room for brown farmers to get full citizenship in Iowa because they are sooooo horribly ruined due to reparations acts?
Claudia Sheinbaum has been president of Mexico since Oct 2024. Her approval rating? 81% in May 2025—after peaking at 85%. Most polls since day one have her above 75%.
I wish she was our president. Full disclosure, I wish anybody besides the current Oval Office imbecile could be our president, but she's top of my list.
Well, there's a shitton of open land between the coasts or small, decimated towns. They would definitely do a much better job with that land that is absolutely theirs (just like the rest of it.)
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is brilliant. She is thoughtful, an incredible critical thinker, and sharp decision-maker. So impressive! And then there's Dufus Donald. So embarrassing.
The thing that bothers me about reparations is USUALLY the fact that:
I am being asked to pay for something which I did not do and which did not happen to the people receiving the payment(s).
That’s a tough pill for me to swallow
I do get it. What happened was wrong. Still, see the above.
Are you this adamant when they use your money to carry out unjust wars to destroy or rob people of their land? I had nothing to do with the attack on 9/11, yet my taxes funded a conflict that had nothing to do with me. I’d rather my tax money go to reparations than destruction.
So would I. However things like reparations are almost always abused by folks who don’t have a valid claim.
It’s a typical catch-22
What happened isn’t right. I get that but just handing out money is problematic, yes?
I thought this was regarding reparations for slavery. My ancestors fought in the civil war to free slaves. I believe the price some paid was enough.
If we are talking about a few acres of land, give it to them. Two very different scenarios I suppose.
My ancestors did all kinds of things on both sides of the tree. Revolutionary war, civil war, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq. That's them, this is my turn to be a part of that legacy.
Seriously though, at a trillion in spending for the Pentagon, what's the real complaint here?
It costs less than his golf weekends.
It doesn't matter if we were there when it happened initially. We're here now, and no hate is placed upon us for the past. We enjoy the benefits of this beautiful, bountiful nation and a little bit of friendship goes such a long way.
Trauma of our ancestors lives on in the living today. Told like stories handed down. I am 2nd Generation America. My Grandmother came here right before WW2 from Sicily. As an American, I do not mind paying the legacies the ancestors of the slaves left behind. Its our American Duty.
I don’t subscribe to most “all or nothing” scenarios.
What happened to many Americans was wrong. However, in order to chart a course forward, compromise is mandatory. I am not sure how we do that exactly but I do know it will never occur with such a polarized govt. we need compromise, NOW
and 2 year military. We became too entitled and too spoilt. We forgot what America stands for. Not you and me but they did. We need to atleastin the Public Schools do uniform teaching in all states.
Well we can take care of that by acting like the French during the Marie Antoinette times. Thats the path forward but we Americans have gotten way to soft for such a fight. One thing is for certain. If we make it out of this. Uniform teaching across the country in schools, also a second language
Well I think the whites need to compromise. How much more do you think the Black and Browns have too? And it does matter today because it was their bloodline mistreated and used and abused. Alot of black people killed also were rich, its why the whites burned down black wall street too. So
The path forward is likely beyond my brain to solve. Yes, something does need to be done. However, I am not sure what will be most effective.
What happened to minorities in this country was criminal.
As I have said, my ancestors fought and died to oppose slavery.
Not easy to solve.
for the most part, I wouldnt want to live with all just white people.. I love learning and seeing the differences and it took me a very long time to understand not everyone has the same kind of upbringing. Some are being taught to hate. That just breaks my damn heart.
for them. I grew up in a multiculutral area, I am white and I honestly could not tell you what its like being in an all white area or being whites only. Yes have we had some whites burn crosses and chase black kids, yup so did other minorities right along with them and calling themselves white too.
reparations of money or land they want, well they do to an extent but I think they would be happier if we all learned from the pasts mistakes, recognized it admitted it happened, then we could possibly move on to a better plain for all of us. That would be so beautiful. Its the blatant denialism
The solution is easy but getting there is the hard part. You know, I thought we were moving forward and learning until Donald Trump. Im not saying I didnt see racists and all that, I just thought better of a lot more of us then I should have. I know its difficult. However its not even really
We should do right because it’s right. Do it quickly and with a glad heart. It keeps us human, protects against corruption and lifts up our species. No am glad that some of us are doing right.
We need a president like that. A president that considers all people rather than one who only cares about himself is so much better for the country and world than one who abuses his power.
I wish I knew the secret to making this happen. I reckon it’ll require a multi-focal, sustained, broad based approach. For sure allowing the idiocy and blatant criminality to reveal itself should have been enough but apparently not
Mexico Prez is about the business of governing & doing the right thing. Imagine if the USA had a strong woman Prez and what the partnership with our neighbors would look like. Damn we can only dream.
This is something that I can speak on with some authority as a Métis woman. For those outside Canada, our legal designation is "half-blood," or more kindly, "mixed blood." [It's not uncommon to be viewed as real-world mudbloods: "too white to be an Indian, too Indian to be white"...
My family got their land decades before I was born. Luckily they kept it but most indian land was stolen by carpetbaggers pennies on the dollar.
I was taught never to accept anything from the government.
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She has integrity
It’s a constant mind game w these idiots.
we'll take Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten... Island too.
After all, where would all those billionaires on the upper East side go?
hopital
then Ted Cruz, the Governor, and every single Republican man elected to an office.
Women are dying, Medical care denied them.
Send them to Juarez.
That's incredible, and something I never thought I'd see ANY western nation manage to do.
I barely believe anything good is possible anymore...
Canada has been working on that for several years. Not fast enough given the history of #colonialism, but better late than never.
https://thehub.ca/2024/05/08/karen-restoule-what-does-land-back-even-mean/
Waiting and watching.
I've been to Mexico many times and I've seen how they treat the indigenous people. The Spanish were colonials and slave owners. Don't talk down to me.
Why are you consciously staying in a racist country when you have a choice?
Model the values you claim to have and say you want from others bro.
Buena suerte!! 😎
WTF
The one time reparation payments of $20K of *surviving* detainees in 1988 and 1992 was NOT enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans#Reparations_and_redress
I am being asked to pay for something which I did not do and which did not happen to the people receiving the payment(s).
That’s a tough pill for me to swallow
I do get it. What happened was wrong. Still, see the above.
It’s a typical catch-22
What happened isn’t right. I get that but just handing out money is problematic, yes?
If we are talking about a few acres of land, give it to them. Two very different scenarios I suppose.
Seriously though, at a trillion in spending for the Pentagon, what's the real complaint here?
It doesn't matter if we were there when it happened initially. We're here now, and no hate is placed upon us for the past. We enjoy the benefits of this beautiful, bountiful nation and a little bit of friendship goes such a long way.
What happened to many Americans was wrong. However, in order to chart a course forward, compromise is mandatory. I am not sure how we do that exactly but I do know it will never occur with such a polarized govt. we need compromise, NOW
What happened to minorities in this country was criminal.
As I have said, my ancestors fought and died to oppose slavery.
Not easy to solve.
It’s not that electing women will make the place better. It’s that better places are more likely to elect women.
This disconnection from our lands is killing my people.
Reconciliation is not a passive act. It is intentional.
But also, Canada is putting its brain where its colonisation is:
I was taught never to accept anything from the government.