Off Topic · Why America owes Black People Reparations (page 3)

Posted by NYK3:

Playa give it up man

Martin Luther king said somewhat the same thing ,are you gonna discredit him too ?

MLK Stance on compensation:

On several occasions Martin Luther King Jr. expressed a view that black Americans, as well as other disadvantaged Americans, should be compensated for historical wrongs. Speaking to Alex Haley in 1965, he said that granting black Americans only equality could not realistically close the economic gap between them and whites. King said that he did not seek a full restitution of wages lost to slavery, which he believed impossible, but proposed a government compensatory program of US $50 billion over ten years to all disadvantaged groups. He posited that "the money spent would be more than amply justified by the benefits that would accrue to the nation through a spectacular decline in school dropouts, family breakups, crime rates, illegitimacy, swollen relief rolls, rioting and other social evils." His 1964 book Why We Can't Wait elaborated this idea further, presenting it as an application of the common law regarding settlement of unpaid labor.


In common law legal systems, judges have the authority and duty to decide what the law is when there is no other authoritative statement of the law. Once an appellate court has decided what the law is, that precedent tends to bind future decisions of the same appellate court, and binds all lower courts reviewed by that appellate court, when the facts of the case are similar, until there is another authoritative statement of the law (e.g. by a legislature or higher court). The common law forms a major part of the legal systems of those countries of the world with a history as territories or colonies of the British Empire (with the exception of Malta, Scotland and Quebec). It is notable for its inclusion of extensive non-statutory law reflecting precedent (stare decisis) derived from centuries of judgments by working jurists.

Posted by playa2:

Martin Luther king said somewhat the same thing ,are you gonna discredit him too ?

The epitome of playa's arrogance. Comparing himself to MLK Jr. Dayam playa!

Come on silver, comparing myself to MLK ? By agreeing with him does that make me his clone to you?

I guess the truth of what the man of equality (MLK)mentioned above made to much sense for you huh ?

"granting black Americans only equality could not realistically close the economic gap between them and whites. King said that he did not seek a full restitution of wages lost to slavery, which he believed impossible, but proposed a government compensatory program of US $50 billion over ten years to all disadvantaged groups."

[Edited by - playa2 on 27-06-2007 09:18]

Im half white. I owe nobody a damn thing. I lived with two black guys in college. Both came from two parent households, one guys parents were both doctors. Im giving him $$$?? Give me a break. This is America. You want to be successful, get off your ass and work. Go to college. If you cant afford it then join the army to pay for college like I did.

ANyody can make it in this world, and yes I know that some people have more advantages than others but still, anybody can make it if they get off their ass. Reparations...please.

Who are you to grant advantages to some and not others.

Are you crazy or something. I respect what MLK says and what he believed in "equality for all", America has set some back so others can gloat and make fun of other races knowing they had advantages all along.

[Edited by - playa2 on 27-06-2007 09:19]

Posted by playa2:

Who are you to grant advantages to some and not others.

Who are YOU to grant advantages to some and not others?

$50 billion over ten years to (ALL) disadvantaged groups.

Can't handle the truth huh?