ProfD

12 hours ago, richardmurray said:

@ProfD remember, ISrael + japan serve a militaristic purpose for the usa. 

No doubt. There's a mutually beneficial arrangement between the US and its allies... Israel and Japan. 

Regardless, that has nothing to do with the debt owed to FBA/ADOS as it relates to the USA's greatest sin.

When it comes to reparations, I don't understand how and why Black folks make excuses for the USA and/or think it's too hard to do. It's really not.

1 hour ago, richardmurray said:

Question does the british government owe reparations to DOS for the time before the USA's founding? 

Great Britain wasn't built on slavery. America benefited from 400 years of it.

1 hour ago, richardmurray said:

DO you think alot of the usa federal government? When I mean alot i mean, you think it is very powerful?

Absolutely. Beyond having the most powerful military on the planet, there's a reason the United States of America (USA) is #1 super power and folks from all over want to come here.

Despite its warts and open sores, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else on planet other than the USA.

 I know the USA can be better and atone for its greatest sin of slavery in the form of a reparations package for FBA/ADOS.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I mean, just keeping quiet and getting paid.
Not participating in the injustice yourself, but turning your head to it.

Hell, if the system is so big and powerful and they aren't likely to bring an end to it anyway.....why waste so much of their valuable life TRYING to?

This is a philosophical question by the way, lol.

It's really an ethical question.

Regardless of whether one turns a head or chooses to participate it's really a matter of their conscience (mental) and physical being able to take the weight and/or deal with any consequences.

@richardmurray, enjoyed the read.

Let me restate what I wrote more succinctly....

Jews and Japanese folks got reparations from the same United States of America that enslaved Black folks (FBA/ADOS).

America wasn't responsible for the holocaust. Yet, we've been giving money and everything else to Israel for 76 years.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Not sure about other parts of the nation right now but in Michigan, they are tossing the elderly and sick prisoners OUT of the prison to die on the streets or in homeless shelters!
You see droves and droves of ex-cons out on the street begging and patching together homeless camps to survive because the prisons don't want to pay for their healthcare and don't want them if they can't work.

Right.

Black elected folks in those areas should be working to make sure poor people are taken care of adequately.

As NF Jr. says, we should be insuring those who need the most help get it. 

55 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Well if THAT'S the case.....
Wouldn't a Black person choosing to just go ahead and "sell out" and get some benefit out of the system, be a logical decision in some cases?

Not if it's a matter of greed. Especially if the end result is destructive.

if the objective is to dismantle the system from within which means selling out could be corrected at some point and serve the greater good of Black folks, that could be constructive.

Some of our beloved Black leaders had to make concessions i.e. sell out up to a point. They didn't do it selfishly.

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I read that they were Reservists.
They shouldn't have even been over there in the first place.

The US military can deploy its soldiers including reservists anywhere in the world. It's part of the contract when they sign up for military service.

Black folks in executive, legislative and judicial positions at every level of government have bought into maintaining the system.

Black folks aren't codified well enough to break the system or make it work in our favor. 

To the point that @richardmurray often makes, the Black populace isn't a community.

Regardless of any differences among them, Jews always seem to be on code as it relates to maintaining their power, wealth and security.

Reparations should be the primary agenda and religion of FBA/ADOS folks.

IMO, pursuing reparations with religious fervor would be a better use of energy than trying to figure out what time heaven opens and how to get in there. 

In fact, reparations would allow FBA/ADOS to create paradise right here in America. Check out Dubai.

Jews got reparations for the holocaust. Since 1948, the Jewish state of Israel receives billions of dollar and weapons and everything else every year from the US. Same goes for Japan.

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

That's because the prison systems around the nation...are primarily designed to WAREHOUSE people 

Now that the prisons have been privatized, they really don't want people in prison unless they can work and produce good.

Right. As a cheap labor force, many prisoners are going to work making products or in service industries. It's modern slavery.

4 hours ago, Mel Hopkins said:

Hey Brother Prof D!!! Good to see you!

Always great to read you and glad you took time out to pop in on the family.  

We still chopping it up around here.

On 2/8/2024 at 7:36 AM, Troy said:

Black people have always been treated more harshly by the criminal justice system.

A former prosecutor should know better than anybody else.  That's what makes her case even more ridiculous. 

Under the system, it's a fool's errand for Black folks to believe they can do and get away with the same crap as white folks.

Once considered the Harlem of Washington DC, houses in that area are now selling for $750k or more. 

Of course, Black folks aren't benefitting from it.  Generational wealth usurped through gentrification.  

The National Park Service has designated Mr. Carter G. Woodson's former house as a historic landmark.

17 hours ago, frankster said:

It does get boring....but I just do it anyway  - guess its a vibes thing 

It's all good mayne.  Keeps the sword sharp.  Appreciate your contributions around here.

2 hours ago, Mel Hopkins said:

Further, speaking in terms of duality is cabalistic -it is a way to support the very thing many of us rally against, "white supremacy." - there's no such thing as a supreme color/hue. Still, we make it so by supporting the very idea of it.   

Sista Mel, we use the term white supremacy from a contextual perspective to describe the system of racism as created and practiced by white folks in their colonization and domination of non-white people over several hundred years.

2 hours ago, richardmurray said:

@ProfD your title is incorrect. California has not provided reparations. The Black Caucus of California in suggesting bills to be made into laws has not placed money in them.

I titled it that way not for accuracy but to be provocative. 

In another post, I mentioned this was an exercise.

Black folks haven't organized to codify the reparations package.

@Troy, I figured it was just a matter of time before you would drop the hammer. 

Starts out fun but eventually shooting those racist clay targets gets boring.

2 hours ago, Troy said:

of course, the poor white people out there will fight tooth and nail to make sure this doesn’t happen. Despite all the advantages afforded white people in this nation, some still come up extremely short similarly, despite the oppression, the legacy of racism, a centuries, of slavery, there are Black people who do exceedingly well. 

 

This discrepancy will need to be reconciled.

I do not see a discrepancy.  Poor white folks need to do whatever it takes to change their condition.  It's definitely not the fault of Black folks.

The fact that some Black folks have succeeded despite the system of racism white supremacy does not mitigate the debt that America owes to FBA/ADOS for slavery.

2 hours ago, Troy said:

When you hear about how white folks were given 160 acres of land, and how wealth has transferred through the generations. The opportunity for the generational wealth that was denied Black people is really what this is all about.

 

They should’ve just given us those damn 40 acres and we wouldn’t be having to deal with this today.

 

this needs to be federal legislation.

Correct. 

When slavery was abolished, white folks were given land and other sh8t as a starter to success. 

White men who fought in wars and/or served in the military  were given all types of goodies and giveaways in the forms of a GI Bill and favorable loans and mortgage rates to build their lives. 

Way before education became another big business, white folks were getting degrees for cheap.

In addition to the profits generated from 400 years of slavery (forced labor), white folks have been helping themselves while telling Black folks to pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

I cannot think of too many people who are willing to work for FREE. That means if our ancestors put in work and didn't get compensated properly, we need to collect it. 
 

Again, cash payments is just one part of the reparations package.

Brotha @frankster strikes again in bringing the receipts.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/marilyn-mosby-former-top-prosecutor-baltimore-convicted-mortgage-fraud-rcna137646

Marilyn Mosby rose to national prominence when Freddie Gray died while in the custody of Baltimore police. 

Mosby has gone from prosecutor to being convicted of mortgage fraud. Amazing that she spent time becoming educated in law only to do something stupid.

I hope she doesn't go to prison. Since she'll never practice law again, maybe she could become a consultant or educator.  Help a future generation of young folks.

27 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I sincerely believe that America will be a better nation when WE (ADOS/FBA) stand up and MAKE it that way OURSELVES.

No more waiting on White folks to do it or following their lead.
We have to take the lead and do it our way...

Facts.  I'm a huge proponent of our people being self-sufficient in all areas.

Black folks shouldn't be waiting on white folks or Jesus which are one and the same.

10 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

The FEDERAL government is the one who upheld the institution of slavery.....not the states.

Correct. Ideally, the federal government should be making reparation payments because it collects money from every state all of whom benefitted from slavery in one way or another.

10 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Not one bill has been passed to actually dole out Reparations and not one check has been written, yet Black folks are arguing with eachother over it.

The reparations package hasn't been codified yet. Really nobody should be arguing about it.

The Californiia reparations bill was really just an exercise.

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

So she admitted to her affair with him.
Was what she did actually ILLEGAL?

Nope. Not at all.

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I know it may SEEM unethical.....but was it actually ILLEGAL?"

Ethics is how they're trying to nail her.

9 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

If what she did wasn't illegal or a violation of policy....the entire "ethics" debate is null and void...

Right. Let's see if the nothing burger gets thrown out like trash.

I'm glad Fani and Nate were bumping and grinding especially in a place like ATL where alternative sh8t is running rampant.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/reparations-california-legislative-black-caucus-rcna137057

Leave it up to Black bootlicks and shills to undermine Black folks.

Cash payments to FBA/ADOS should be a cornerstone of any type of reparations package. 

Too many Black politicians and entertainers are sellouts and the most dangerous folks among us.

Those Black folks work overtime upholding the system of white supremacy at the expense of our people.

Well, looks like Fani has admitted that she shared her fanny with brotha Nathan Wade.

Of course, DA Willis claims there was no misappropriation of funds and that they didn't start getting down until after he got the job. 

Let's see if this whole thing changes anything about the case against former POTUS Orange Julius.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

As I get older, more mature, and wiser and see more things and experience more people....especially from around the world......the more I appreciate the United States.

That's why I've never had a desire to live in another country.

I know that my birthplace could be a much better country.

That's why I champion providing FBA/ADOS with reparations and destroying the system of white supremacy.

Those outstanding issues keep the United States of America from being the greatest country on the planet.