Crockett: He has talked about reparations for white folk, something that if black people start to mention reparations, everybody wants to lose their minds.
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I don’t understand the concept of reparations for white people. They control most of the economy, leadership positions, opportunities… They are less likely to be arrested for the same crimes as none-white. I don’t get it. 🫤
it’s all insidious and it is to infuriate Black people who have struggled to try to get in the positions that they’re in. Once they’ve gotten there, you have their conservative counterparts who are angry about it. They also don’t want these black people with authority over them..
Trump thrills on division and fights.
Classes, races, political views, citizens vs noncitizens… whatever differentiates us in this big melting pot is now used to divide us so we are easy to control. Typical Machiavelli style.
My only hires from now on will be female because men are not allowed in my culture anymore. As for white women, I might just support the maga beliefs that they should be barefoot and pregnant. BTW I am white.
What I think we need? A voluntary reparations program for people who believe they are owed to contribute to, overseen by an org like ACLU. We can’t wait on gov’t action (more like inaction). I’d contribute monthly for 5+ yrs for the fund to grow & start paying out in interest. To right past wrongs.
Look - my advice to Rep. Crocket, is "don't bite". He doesn't remember talking about reparation for whites. Hell, most MAGA don't even know what it means. Trump throws out stuff like this to get a reaction. Don't give him the satisfaction.
You're both right and wrong. Right that white people shouldn't. But wrong because it is possible. All white people have to do (which is extremely simple) is be logical and moral in their thinking first. But we circle back to you being right because when it comes to black people?
Most white people CAN'T think logically and morally. Like there is very rarely taken with it the context of american history. Of current events. Making you right and only right.
Education is the key to life which she is lacking.
A black man was the first slave owner in the United States his name was Anthony Johnson born 1600-1671
Look it up!
Dismantling the racist,homophobic,sexist,radical,lying,cheating,stealing,and bear poking nonsense,etc,is the answer to a better,stronger,more resilient America🤔.
Not enabling those who are set on destroying what previous administrations have built for the betterment of America and her allies🤔🌹🍷💯
Sort of a circle jerk. They're saying that because there's an office of diversity & inclusion, and that black people have actually had equal opportunity for jobs that somehow the white man is now oppressed. They're used to getting whatever they want without regard and that changed. Poor babies.
I know you are joking, but in all seriousness we are living in bizarre times. Those first sets of statistics released after the election made me downright embarrassed to be white.
Have you really done anything because you're white? What I mean is, do you consciously think, "I'm white, therefore I think XYZ or I'll do ABC"?
I don't mean to be unkind, but that way of thinking about things seems very strange.
Oh you haven't seen nothing yet. All of this has emboldened the worst kinds of white people. More than ever before. It's about to get categorically more embarrassing for you.
No doubt and I know many will carry that for a long time if not the rest of our lives. I was blindsided and spent the first few days after the election trying to make it make sense and see where it all went wrong. But no more, I have a son to raise to be better and my job just got much harder.
Nah. There are white people who've spent their whole lives attempting to be against a lot of things. They aren't included in that. Don't know if you are or not because i don't know you. But yeah.
What they're using are false equivalencies to claim white oppression, all while removing Black people from successful careers and schools. Black people who gained these positions through merit and not color, unlike legacy, WW, and nepotism, who benefited more from affirmative action.
It is the Maga way, compensate those who have benefited from systemic advantages, while disregarding the significant wealth gap, with Black families having far less wealth than white families due to historical injustices.
Getting rid of DEI programs is in every chapter of the Project 2025 mandate. I tols people to read it long before Democrats even started mentioning it. Too late now.
Still waiting for people to get this mad over anti-trans laws that are going on.... I guess maybe we need more trans leaders before people care about the issue.
No. There are more people who care. It's just that we're also minorities. And considering white privilege being what it is? And how so many white people do their level best to protect it? Which silences us. Well. We get silenced in the mix.
It's not even new either. Racism came first. Transphobia after. Same thing with this topic. If more white trans people stood up against racism before all this? Maybe it would have been different.
I’m white. I support reparations. My idea is to provide, at taxpayer expense, a free college education to every Black citizen for the next 100 years. I propose we reduce Defense spending by 5 percent as a way to pay for this program.
As a "white" guy, reoperations for fucking what? Even under Mr.Obama we were still ridding high, well those of us not living in the deep american south were but hey maybe they should stop sleeping with their sisters, daughters and mothers.
Not even kidding here. The only reparations that have EVER been paid out for slavery were payments to slave owners reimbursing them for the value of the slaves they lost. Haiti took almost 100 years to pay that off.
For the simple cost of personal dignity, you could support privileged white men and help end their suffering. Donating your self-respect will enable them to understand that nothing bad has ever been their fault and that they are the true victims of American society and its insistence on fairness.
This isn't a link but wait until you read about this, many large companies have stopped their DEI programs due to pressure. Walmart, Budweiser, Starbucks, Lowe's, Coors and on and on.🤬
They can't sell rainbow clothing to children, it's disturbing af!
What makes it so disturbing to me is the power that the Qwhite White Qristian Nationalists have right now and it's getting worse. The companies have obviously been bullied, scare tactics as well as financial were used against them.
No, they’re not bullied. CEOs are largely white men. White men aren’t interested in Diversity, Equity, or Inclusion. Especially when the next POTUS is openly racist and vows to do away with the practice.
They would!! We never hear anything about reparations in the States, no matter who you are. But him bringing it to attention, JUST FOR WHITE PEOPLE! A lot of people would NOT take it seriously.
"OH, THAT'S JUST TRUMP...
DONT PAY NO ATTENTION."
Let a black person or mexican say the same thing...
The idea of white people getting "reparations" is so ridiculous. Black people were cheated out of "40 acres and a mule" during reconstruction and deserve reparations for that and so much more. If you read How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby, you'll find that there's so many practical ways to do this.
It's the same Divide and Conquer strategy the rich has used to pit poor people against each other since the dawn of time, instead of going after the obscenely rich. It still works, sadly.
It's time to protest in energy too. Please see the work of Jen Ward @jenuinehealing.bsky.social and Marvin Schneider of Jenuine Healing for a proactive way to address the imbalances in power and corruption.https://jenuinehealing.com/blog/video/breaking-free-from-mind-control/
white folks have been so mistreated
I told my kids it's karma
They were born VERY white and terribly privileged
and extremely bright
And they know it
and appreciate it
but never impose it
Reparations to white people! For what? White men are the most privileged people around. White women have had it a bit rough, but not as bad as black women. I wouldn't mind having reparations for being paid less than men, but still, my situation is better than that of any person of minority.
Reparations for America's Black Families surviving slavery and injustices of the past several hundred years should be the way of the future. The same should be true for First Nation Americans, Incarcerated Japanese Americans, and Women.
Ma’am, native Americans already receive funds. That’s not the argument She is talking about reparations for Black people whose ancestors were traded/stolen from their homeland, loaded on ships, and enslaved. Google is free.
2 things: I have had to work for everything I have ever had as an adult. And it is 2024. Civil War ended in 1865. The word “reparations” should be abolished from American language. The time for that has passed.
What's crazy to me is that after the Japanese were put into internment camps and let out they got an official apology AND reparations from the government. Have black Americans received either for 400+ years of slavery? Apparently everyone else gets recognition but us.
Even if reparations were something we all agree on, how in the world would it be done fairly? How do you decide who deserves a payout and who should be the evil everyone else paying out for the sins of their forefathers?
Reparations for what ? For challenging the assumed right to white supremacy and the special privilege he thinks belong with it? He has got to be kidding and is such the unapologetic white supremacist.
#Abhorrent
Every POC should be given $1million or $1billion for reparations!!!! Straight White cis males are still enslaving them in america today!!! This is madness!!!!!
I DONT PANDER TO ANYONE!!! I DO MY PART FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERAL SLAVES IN THIS EVIL WHITE COUNTRY!!! I GIVE ALL MY MONEY TO POC THATS MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY YOUVE HELPED WITH YOU EVIL WHITE DEVIL!!!!
Black people: We want DEI, reparations & our history taught in schools
MAGAts: Absolutely not. Racism doesn't exist. CRT won't be taught in our schools.
Trump: I want reparations for white people
MAGAts: Absolutely. White people have suffered for years due to racism
Black people: 🤨
Nothing says "I need to be the center of EVERYONE's attention" like making up a clickbaity idea like white reparations. Will they ever get tired of yanking our outrage chain?
saw a great comment on Thanksgiving by a Native American, basically said "stop all the gaslighting about 'reparations' and just give me your house keys instead."
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Classes, races, political views, citizens vs noncitizens… whatever differentiates us in this big melting pot is now used to divide us so we are easy to control. Typical Machiavelli style.
Bwwwwhhhhhaaaaaaa
AND she is smarter than Elon Musk.
A black man was the first slave owner in the United States his name was Anthony Johnson born 1600-1671
Look it up!
Not enabling those who are set on destroying what previous administrations have built for the betterment of America and her allies🤔🌹🍷💯
The debate about reparations is purely over the question of whether or not you get to keep what you stole.
One might think that shameless avoidance of the consequences of ones own actions has become a going theme in this country lately.
Blocky blocky blockity block...
I don't mean to be unkind, but that way of thinking about things seems very strange.
Me: I don’t see why not. They have been oppressed.
Dad: explodes.
Conversation over.
How do we get past this?
DEI is so counter productive. The mere acknowledgement of a person being a DEI hire is offensive.
Reparations? Paying people because of the colour of their skin is the most racist thing I’ve ever heard.
Sounds great if you’re the right colour though, huh?
Not even kidding here. The only reparations that have EVER been paid out for slavery were payments to slave owners reimbursing them for the value of the slaves they lost. Haiti took almost 100 years to pay that off.
White men can fuck all the way off. And the 53% of White Women who voted for Fascism can join them.
They can't sell rainbow clothing to children, it's disturbing af!
"OH, THAT'S JUST TRUMP...
DONT PAY NO ATTENTION."
Let a black person or mexican say the same thing...
Greed is a helluva drug.
I told my kids it's karma
They were born VERY white and terribly privileged
and extremely bright
And they know it
and appreciate it
but never impose it
Rep. Crockett is awesome btw!
When Slaveowners Got Reparations
https://aas.princeton.edu/news/when-slaveowners-got-reparations
But chew well, they're full of fat and grisly ...
#Abhorrent
Why would you give all your money to people based on their skin colour?
I’ve employed people internationally and paid them according to their… (wait for it)….. skill level.
Can you explain how your views aren’t just racist panderings?
Get help, good luck.
MAGAts: Absolutely not. Racism doesn't exist. CRT won't be taught in our schools.
Trump: I want reparations for white people
MAGAts: Absolutely. White people have suffered for years due to racism
Black people: 🤨