A traditionalist pro-reparations position

A traditionalist pro-reparations position

A participant at Lucianne.com supports slavery reparations, with a twist:

Reply 28—Posted by: YY4U, 1/12/2004 9:43:20 AM
I’m all for reparations. Here’s how they work.
Acknowledged. Your forefathers were brought here against their will.
Reparations will be paid but ONLY if all the descendants of these slaves agree to go back to Africa. Sorry, you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. Old adage. True though.
Those who refuse will be considered here of their own accord and welcomed.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 13, 2004 05:10 PM | Send

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I am in favor of the maximum amount of reparations for slavery, to be paid only in Confederate currency.

Posted by: Alan Levine on January 13, 2004 5:15 PM

In his great book “Scam,” the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, (aka the ‘other’ Jesse), has a chapter devoted to “Reparations? How about a One Way Ticket Back to Africa?” which is as scathing a commentary on the whole reparations racket as anything I have yet to encounter.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34496

Posted by: Joel LeFevre on January 14, 2004 4:09 PM

Of course, much of it stems from the famous “40 acres and mule” remark made by General Sherman. Some Southerners I know prefer to think in terms of ‘40 cubic yards and a marker.’ The one way ticket is a fine idea.

Posted by: Carl on January 20, 2004 4:29 AM

i think reparations are dumb. i think if u give reparations to black ppl u need to give mexicans thier land back and u need to give all puerto ricans reparations too because puerto rico was built by slaves. u also have to ive chinese americans reparations for thier ancestors bulding the railroads of america. and u also have to prove that one is a actual ancestor of a slave in america

Posted by: phillip santos on January 28, 2004 12:10 PM

I think it’s pretty clear that paying reparations is nonsense. The victims and the victimizers are dead.

Ah, but see, there is the trouble with inherited sin…

Posted by: An outside caller on February 10, 2004 9:55 AM

You know what is ridiculous, as an African-American, I don’t want the money from anyone who is going to do it so we will “be quiet” or to somewhat satisfy the greed of some African-Americans. Why not take the reparations and give some of us a future. Invest in the people you held down?? Give us scholarships towards college and further education??? What do you say to that?

Posted by: Itshard2beme718 on November 23, 2004 10:26 AM