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That’s rather presumptuous of you. I’m an immigrant (and now a naturalized US Citizen), and I want no part of “reparations”. Only 1 in 5 Americans supports it

by bhupy 6y ago

That’s rather presumptuous of you. I’m an immigrant (and now a naturalized US Citizen), and I want no part of “reparations”. Only 1 in 5 Americans supports it: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/504511-1-in-5-supports-reparations-in-new-poll https://thehill.com/homenews/news/504511-1-in-5-supports-rep... Also you say this as though the US is the only country that had slaves. Chattel slavery was (unfortunately) the predominate form of labor in the entire world for centuries. The US was the 3rd to last country in the Americas to abolish it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slavery_and_serfdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slave... Other societies in the world have largely decided that we’re better off just burying the hatchet.

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dwaltrip 6y ago
That’s rather presumptuous of you. I never said the solution is reparations. I’m not sure what the solution is. I have some ideas, but obviously it is a non-trivial problem. We aren’t talking about other countries. I’m familiar with history. I know many terrible things have happened.
- bhupy 6y ago
  You're right — s/reparations/<responsibility [...] to reconcile our past actions that caused unmeasurable suffering for untold millions of people? >. Whatever it may be, I want no part of it. To assume that all immigrants, who today represent 25% of Americans, are willing to sign onto policy positions that are focused on correcting (distant) past wrongs as opposed to solving the problems we have TODAY — is what I'm calling presumptuous.
  - dwaltrip 6y ago
    I think we are still miscommunicating. I don’t want to ignore present day problems and solely focus on some sort of atonement for past wrongs. We should fix current day problems with a proper understanding of how they can be, taking ownership of our failures as a nation.

by bhupy 6y ago

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dwaltrip 6y ago

That’s rather presumptuous of you. I never said the solution is reparations. I’m not sure what the solution is. I have some ideas, but obviously it is a non-trivial problem. We aren’t talking about other countries. I’m familiar with history. I know many terrible things have happened.

bhupy 6y ago
You're right — s/reparations/<responsibility [...] to reconcile our past actions that caused unmeasurable suffering for untold millions of people? >. Whatever it may be, I want no part of it. To assume that all immigrants, who today represent 25% of Americans, are willing to sign onto policy positions that are focused on correcting (distant) past wrongs as opposed to solving the problems we have TODAY — is what I'm calling presumptuous.
- dwaltrip 6y ago
  I think we are still miscommunicating. I don’t want to ignore present day problems and solely focus on some sort of atonement for past wrongs. We should fix current day problems with a proper understanding of how they can be, taking ownership of our failures as a nation.