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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;If a man can inherit the estate of his father who inherited the estate of his father who inherited the estate and so on...we have an agreement in America that one inherits. That is regardless of a statute of limitations. Blacks were kept from even voting or sharing water fountains until the 60&#039;s. They would have had no support for over a century after the end of the civil war to receive reparations for slavery. Victims of child abuse have until the age of 21 to take civil action against their abuser because they are considered incapable of bringing suit until 18 and are allowed three years. If inheritance is legal, then reparations are legal. It is as simple as that.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If a man can inherit the estate of his father who inherited the estate of his father who inherited the estate and so on&#8230;we have an agreement in America that one inherits. That is regardless of a statute of limitations. Blacks were kept from even voting or sharing water fountains until the 60&#8217;s. They would have had no support for over a century after the end of the civil war to receive reparations for slavery. Victims of child abuse have until the age of 21 to take civil action against their abuser because they are considered incapable of bringing suit until 18 and are allowed three years. If inheritance is legal, then reparations are legal. It is as simple as that.</p>
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		<title>By: A concerned black man</title>
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		<dc:creator>A concerned black man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I realize this is an old post but I had a hard time turning away. You have to look at the negro-American today. They are taught from an early age that whites ruin them. I say they, I realize this isn&#039;t with every black but I believe it’s a misconception from childhood. So let’s get back to how the shit rolls down hill effect.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1. A black is born&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2. His loser father tells him&quot;da white man getes uses down, ya wonta getes shit in this life thanks to da white man&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3. Young black man grows up believing this. Refuses to go to college because hey what’s the point, the white won’t give me a good job any how.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4. Has a brand new bouncing baby Negro of his own.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5. Explains to baby Negro”jess like ma daddy told me, da white man wil&#039; getes you down.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So let this be a good lesson to the uneducated black living in this country. If you don’t go to college you have no right to complain about the way your shit life rolls out. You also have no right to expect the white man to pay for crimes he didn’t have anything to do with to a group of people who where never involved. I will celebrate my 35 birthday next week, I&#039;m middle class, and I have white neighbors who look at me the same way I look at them. For the record this was written by an educated African American. If your black and lack a degree your the common nigger dragging us into the &quot;shit rolls down hill effect&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Forget what your Nigger father told you, get involved in the many african american to college programs and learn the truth : your skin color no loger matters. If you think it does your the uneducated nigger I was speaking about.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I realize this is an old post but I had a hard time turning away. You have to look at the negro-American today. They are taught from an early age that whites ruin them. I say they, I realize this isn&#8217;t with every black but I believe it’s a misconception from childhood. So let’s get back to how the shit rolls down hill effect.</p>
<p>1. A black is born</p>
<p>2. His loser father tells him&#8221;da white man getes uses down, ya wonta getes shit in this life thanks to da white man&#8221;</p>
<p>3. Young black man grows up believing this. Refuses to go to college because hey what’s the point, the white won’t give me a good job any how.</p>
<p>4. Has a brand new bouncing baby Negro of his own.</p>
<p>5. Explains to baby Negro”jess like ma daddy told me, da white man wil&#8217; getes you down.</p>
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So let this be a good lesson to the uneducated black living in this country. If you don’t go to college you have no right to complain about the way your shit life rolls out. You also have no right to expect the white man to pay for crimes he didn’t have anything to do with to a group of people who where never involved. I will celebrate my 35 birthday next week, I&#8217;m middle class, and I have white neighbors who look at me the same way I look at them. For the record this was written by an educated African American. If your black and lack a degree your the common nigger dragging us into the &#8220;shit rolls down hill effect&#8221;</p>
<p>Forget what your Nigger father told you, get involved in the many african american to college programs and learn the truth : your skin color no loger matters. If you think it does your the uneducated nigger I was speaking about.</p>
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		<title>By: Young Daniel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Young Daniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I personally think the mistake lies in tying today&#039;s disparity directly to slavery instead of jim crow and segregation.  Decendants of people living in Black Wallstreet 75 years ago would most likely be in the upper 10% tax bracket today despite of having slaves in their bloodline.  The fact that they are not is not because of slavery but because of domestic and government sanctioned terrorism.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally think the mistake lies in tying today&#8217;s disparity directly to slavery instead of jim crow and segregation.  Decendants of people living in Black Wallstreet 75 years ago would most likely be in the upper 10% tax bracket today despite of having slaves in their bloodline.  The fact that they are not is not because of slavery but because of domestic and government sanctioned terrorism.</p>
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		<title>By: New World Man - a cell of awareness</title>
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		<dc:creator>New World Man - a cell of awareness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Carnival of the Vanities #148 part 4 presented by Justice Stevens!&lt;/strong&gt;

John Paul Stevens is the most senior member of the Court. It follows he&#039;s done the most damage! Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Kelo v. New London, the eminent domain case, and Raich v. Gonzalez, the medical marijuana case, and co-author...

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Carnival of the Vanities #148 part 4 presented by Justice Stevens!</strong></p>
<p>John Paul Stevens is the most senior member of the Court. It follows he&#8217;s done the most damage! Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Kelo v. New London, the eminent domain case, and Raich v. Gonzalez, the medical marijuana case, and co-author&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: New World Man - a cell of awareness</title>
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		<dc:creator>New World Man - a cell of awareness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Carnival of the Vanities #148 part 4 presented by Justice Stevens!&lt;/strong&gt;

John Paul Stevens is the most senior member of the Court. It follows he&#039;s done the most damage! Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Kelo v. New London, the eminent domain case, and Raich v. Gonzalez, the medical marijuana case, and co-author...

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Carnival of the Vanities #148 part 4 presented by Justice Stevens!</strong></p>
<p>John Paul Stevens is the most senior member of the Court. It follows he&#8217;s done the most damage! Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Kelo v. New London, the eminent domain case, and Raich v. Gonzalez, the medical marijuana case, and co-author&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: New World Man - a cell of awareness</title>
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		<dc:creator>New World Man - a cell of awareness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Carnival of the Vanities #148 part 4 presented by Justice Stevens!&lt;/strong&gt;

John Paul Stevens is the most senior member of the Court. It follows he&#039;s done the most damage! Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Kelo v. New London, the eminent domain case, and Raich v. Gonzalez, the medical marijuana case, and co-author...

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Carnival of the Vanities #148 part 4 presented by Justice Stevens!</strong></p>
<p>John Paul Stevens is the most senior member of the Court. It follows he&#8217;s done the most damage! Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Kelo v. New London, the eminent domain case, and Raich v. Gonzalez, the medical marijuana case, and co-author&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m Jewish, so can I have some reparations?  Throughout the centuries we have endured unimaginable amounts of suffering with no reparations.  African Americans are not the only people that have ever been victims of prejudice. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think that african americans are trying to take advantage of a prosporous country.  They see an opportunity to exploit a wrongdoing by a group of people 200 years ago.  I agree that enslaving them was incredibly despicable, but that was then and this is now.  If we could go back and change the past we would, but until then we will just have to accept the fact that what is done is done and move on with our lives.  Its definitely heartbreaking to hear about how the slaves were treated and uprooted from their homes, but if there is any consolation for them, it is that their ancestors are better off for it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My point is that at some point in time everybody&#039;s ancestors have been wronged by somebody and I think it is ridiculous to ask for reparations for something that had very miniscule effects on you.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m Jewish, so can I have some reparations?  Throughout the centuries we have endured unimaginable amounts of suffering with no reparations.  African Americans are not the only people that have ever been victims of prejudice. </p>
<p>I think that african americans are trying to take advantage of a prosporous country.  They see an opportunity to exploit a wrongdoing by a group of people 200 years ago.  I agree that enslaving them was incredibly despicable, but that was then and this is now.  If we could go back and change the past we would, but until then we will just have to accept the fact that what is done is done and move on with our lives.  Its definitely heartbreaking to hear about how the slaves were treated and uprooted from their homes, but if there is any consolation for them, it is that their ancestors are better off for it.</p>
<p>My point is that at some point in time everybody&#8217;s ancestors have been wronged by somebody and I think it is ridiculous to ask for reparations for something that had very miniscule effects on you.</p>
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		<title>By: Dwight in IL</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dwight in IL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Personally, I&#039;m tempted to just agree to the reparations.  In fact, I&#039;ll go one better and propose that reparations should be calculated both for slavery and for all the civil rights abuse through, say, the 1960s.  Then we can calculate one-time payments for all African-Americans based on family ancestry, residence in various regions of the nation, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, that will be somewhat tricky, but, heck, let&#039;s go ahead and make the most generous call---whenever somethings in doubt we&#039;ll choose the most generous settlement for the recipient.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, then, once that&#039;s done, well, that&#039;s it.  We&#039;ve now paid reparations for slavery to all American citizens affected by it.  Our debt: moral, legal, and ethical is now fully paid.  So we can then remove African-Americans from qualifying for any minority assistance.  No set-asides for black-owned businesses, no publically-funded scholarships (other than those open to all), etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, many black-owned businesses will need to adjust to the sudden loss of contracts, funding, set-asides, etc.  So we should probably give them, say, 6 months from the time of the reparations before cutting them off from all these programs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Best of all, we will be completely free from all responsibility for any continuing problems in African-American communities.  Since we&#039;ve paid up in full, we can now dismantle any guilt-based programs, scale back welfare massively, redistrict without regard for race or ethnicity, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Slavery has been the moral fuel for all manner of racist policies.  It will be good to finally put an end to that unjust justification.  We can then actually implement the guarantees of due process and rule of law for all Americans actually specified in the 14th Amendment.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I&#8217;m tempted to just agree to the reparations.  In fact, I&#8217;ll go one better and propose that reparations should be calculated both for slavery and for all the civil rights abuse through, say, the 1960s.  Then we can calculate one-time payments for all African-Americans based on family ancestry, residence in various regions of the nation, etc.</p>
<p>Of course, that will be somewhat tricky, but, heck, let&#8217;s go ahead and make the most generous call&#8212;whenever somethings in doubt we&#8217;ll choose the most generous settlement for the recipient.</p>
<p>And, then, once that&#8217;s done, well, that&#8217;s it.  We&#8217;ve now paid reparations for slavery to all American citizens affected by it.  Our debt: moral, legal, and ethical is now fully paid.  So we can then remove African-Americans from qualifying for any minority assistance.  No set-asides for black-owned businesses, no publically-funded scholarships (other than those open to all), etc.</p>
<p>Of course, many black-owned businesses will need to adjust to the sudden loss of contracts, funding, set-asides, etc.  So we should probably give them, say, 6 months from the time of the reparations before cutting them off from all these programs.</p>
<p>Best of all, we will be completely free from all responsibility for any continuing problems in African-American communities.  Since we&#8217;ve paid up in full, we can now dismantle any guilt-based programs, scale back welfare massively, redistrict without regard for race or ethnicity, etc.</p>
<p>Slavery has been the moral fuel for all manner of racist policies.  It will be good to finally put an end to that unjust justification.  We can then actually implement the guarantees of due process and rule of law for all Americans actually specified in the 14th Amendment.</p>
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		<title>By: Young Daniel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Young Daniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Here&#039;s a quick news story that demonstrates part of&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;url = http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/12118911.htm&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&quot;Johnson Dorn, a white whose family has been in South Carolina nine generations, told how his great-grandfather had fought in the Civil War, then came home and joined the Red Shirts, whose actions, he said, helped paved the way for lynching in South Carolina.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&quot;Rhodes, an Anderson native and Furman graduate, said he was inspired by the U.S. Senate’s public apology last month for its failure to pass anti-lynching laws during the 20th century, when blacks were lynched in Southern states like South Carolina.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&quot;One of the worst lynchings took place in Abbeville, when hundreds of whites in October, 1916, went on a rampage and publicly murdered Crawford.&lt;br /&gt;
On hand Tuesday night were relatives of Crawford, who said that for 89 years, area whites had expressed no regret about the lynching.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&quot;Crawford’s lynching was one of South Carolina’s most public and brutal murders, taking place during what writer Susan Garris called “a violent decade.” From 1915 to 1925, she writes, there were 15 lynchings, two probable lynchings and 13 attempted lynchings in the state.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Crawford was one of the state’s most prosperous black citizens. He owned 400 acres of prime cotton land, had 16 children and was a leader in a local AME church.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Several days after the lynching, several hundred whites meeting in the courthouse “voted unanimously” to force the entire Crawford family to leave the state within three weeks, according to the Oct. 25, 1916, Abbeville Press and Banner. After the meeting, some 100 whites went to every black business in town.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“The Negroes were told by the mob to keep their shops closed indefinitely,” the newspaper reported.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Eventually, thousands of blacks left Abbeville County. By 1920, there were 7,018 fewer blacks in the county than there were in 1910, according to census figures. Today, about 30 percent of the county’s 26,000 residents are black.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;------&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is clear evidence of capital being stolen, and means to produce capital being limited, to the families of the shousands of blacks that left Abberville.  While some may say that they should be thankful they are not in Africa, I think that it&#039;s disingenuous to think that they should be thankful for what happend after slavery.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Like Chris Rock said:  America is like the uncle that paid for you to go to college...but mollested you along the way.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a quick news story that demonstrates part of</p>
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<p>&#8220;Johnson Dorn, a white whose family has been in South Carolina nine generations, told how his great-grandfather had fought in the Civil War, then came home and joined the Red Shirts, whose actions, he said, helped paved the way for lynching in South Carolina.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Rhodes, an Anderson native and Furman graduate, said he was inspired by the U.S. Senate’s public apology last month for its failure to pass anti-lynching laws during the 20th century, when blacks were lynched in Southern states like South Carolina.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;One of the worst lynchings took place in Abbeville, when hundreds of whites in October, 1916, went on a rampage and publicly murdered Crawford.<br />
On hand Tuesday night were relatives of Crawford, who said that for 89 years, area whites had expressed no regret about the lynching.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Crawford’s lynching was one of South Carolina’s most public and brutal murders, taking place during what writer Susan Garris called “a violent decade.” From 1915 to 1925, she writes, there were 15 lynchings, two probable lynchings and 13 attempted lynchings in the state.&#8221;</p>
<p>Crawford was one of the state’s most prosperous black citizens. He owned 400 acres of prime cotton land, had 16 children and was a leader in a local AME church.</p>
<p>Several days after the lynching, several hundred whites meeting in the courthouse “voted unanimously” to force the entire Crawford family to leave the state within three weeks, according to the Oct. 25, 1916, Abbeville Press and Banner. After the meeting, some 100 whites went to every black business in town.</p>
<p>“The Negroes were told by the mob to keep their shops closed indefinitely,” the newspaper reported.</p>
<p>Eventually, thousands of blacks left Abbeville County. By 1920, there were 7,018 fewer blacks in the county than there were in 1910, according to census figures. Today, about 30 percent of the county’s 26,000 residents are black.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>There is clear evidence of capital being stolen, and means to produce capital being limited, to the families of the shousands of blacks that left Abberville.  While some may say that they should be thankful they are not in Africa, I think that it&#8217;s disingenuous to think that they should be thankful for what happend after slavery.</p>
<p>Like Chris Rock said:  America is like the uncle that paid for you to go to college&#8230;but mollested you along the way.</p>
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		<title>By: markm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I can see the next reparations lawsuit - on behalf of the residents of west Africa, against the descendants of the slave traders for NOT kidnapping the plaintiffs&#039; ancestors so the plaintiffs could be relatively rich American welfare cases instead of starving Africans.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can see the next reparations lawsuit &#8211; on behalf of the residents of west Africa, against the descendants of the slave traders for NOT kidnapping the plaintiffs&#8217; ancestors so the plaintiffs could be relatively rich American welfare cases instead of starving Africans.</p>
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