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Who Took from Who’s Pocket (?) – Haiti, Colonialism, and Third World Wealth Overall
Killa Mike – one half of my 3rd favorite rap crew, Run the Jewels – recently went hyper-viral for his televised “wither Haiti” argument with hip comedian Bill Maher. During a live taping of Maher’s hit TV show, the hip-hopper and community activist accused European France of “eating off” and ...
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The Slavers Call for Reparations – We Go “On Metaphor Alert” Again, as AU and EU Debate History
This theme appears to be a final realization of the goals outlined in the African Union’s Abuja Proclamation of 1993. At that time, the group (then technically the Organization of African Unity) stated: “What matters is…the responsibility of those states and nations whose economic evolution once depended on slave labor ...
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Reparations Bill Back, Opposed by Everyone
Two important events recently happened on the “reparations” beat. First, the U.S. House, led by Representative Ayanna Pressley, re-introduced H.R. 40, “federal legislation to study reparations for slavery.” At the same time, 2024-25 data began to circulate widely – showing greatly increased opposition to reparations and support for President Donald ...
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Base Affirmative Action on Class, or Get Rid of It
California, always an innovator in the field of racial foolishness, recently saw a bill proposed that would guarantee affirmative action benefits – notably preferential college admissions – to the descendants of Black American slaves. This is a bad idea, but is a step in the right direction (toward AA programs ...
California
Making the incarcerated work is not slavery
On Election Day, Bear Flag Republic voters confronted — along with referenda on increased bond funding for public schools and in-state colleges, the creation of a constitutional right to marriage, and an increase in the $16 per hour minimum wage — a proposal to eliminate so-called involuntary servitude, the California ...
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Learn more about how expensive and complications reparations would be
Three Questions That Probably Doom California’s Reparations Push
As California seriously debates the logic of paying reparations to black Americans, it is important to review the implausibility of a reparations plan. Although I would likely accept payment should money ever actually be offered (ungallant to refuse, really), reparations are a notably bad idea. As I noted in a ...
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Read the latest on California's push for reparations
Reparations – in California or Nationally – Will Bring Unnecessary Chaos
First, California was never a slave state, and was never in recent history a Jim Crow state. In fact, the Black population of California appears to be descended largely from Great Migration-era refugees who migrated there to escape historical Southern racism, and loved the place. Between 1910 and 1940 alone, ...
Who Took from Who’s Pocket (?) – Haiti, Colonialism, and Third World Wealth Overall
Killa Mike – one half of my 3rd favorite rap crew, Run the Jewels – recently went hyper-viral for his televised “wither Haiti” argument with hip comedian Bill Maher. During a live taping of Maher’s hit TV show, the hip-hopper and community activist accused European France of “eating off” and ...
The Slavers Call for Reparations – We Go “On Metaphor Alert” Again, as AU and EU Debate History
This theme appears to be a final realization of the goals outlined in the African Union’s Abuja Proclamation of 1993. At that time, the group (then technically the Organization of African Unity) stated: “What matters is…the responsibility of those states and nations whose economic evolution once depended on slave labor ...
Reparations Bill Back, Opposed by Everyone
Two important events recently happened on the “reparations” beat. First, the U.S. House, led by Representative Ayanna Pressley, re-introduced H.R. 40, “federal legislation to study reparations for slavery.” At the same time, 2024-25 data began to circulate widely – showing greatly increased opposition to reparations and support for President Donald ...
Base Affirmative Action on Class, or Get Rid of It
California, always an innovator in the field of racial foolishness, recently saw a bill proposed that would guarantee affirmative action benefits – notably preferential college admissions – to the descendants of Black American slaves. This is a bad idea, but is a step in the right direction (toward AA programs ...
Making the incarcerated work is not slavery
On Election Day, Bear Flag Republic voters confronted — along with referenda on increased bond funding for public schools and in-state colleges, the creation of a constitutional right to marriage, and an increase in the $16 per hour minimum wage — a proposal to eliminate so-called involuntary servitude, the California ...
Learn more about how expensive and complications reparations would be
Three Questions That Probably Doom California’s Reparations Push
As California seriously debates the logic of paying reparations to black Americans, it is important to review the implausibility of a reparations plan. Although I would likely accept payment should money ever actually be offered (ungallant to refuse, really), reparations are a notably bad idea. As I noted in a ...
Read the latest on California's push for reparations
Reparations – in California or Nationally – Will Bring Unnecessary Chaos
First, California was never a slave state, and was never in recent history a Jim Crow state. In fact, the Black population of California appears to be descended largely from Great Migration-era refugees who migrated there to escape historical Southern racism, and loved the place. Between 1910 and 1940 alone, ...
