Black Lives Matter agenda

[Slanina]

Released today. Seeking reparations for slavery.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-race-idUSKCN10C3E1

[Johnnythunder]

They want more handout? shocker of the century.

[The Kraken]

I dont see the problem with their agenda

Can you address which items you have a problem with and why?

Theres an old saying in the white business community that we've all lived by for decades if not longer, and we all embrace it, but now that african americans are using it, we condone it... Once again, another double standard rears its ugle head

Anyways, the saying is "You won't receive what you don't ask for"

Who cares that they're asking for restitution which I believe they should receive, just like Native Americans receive

[VeggieDog]

Maybe the ones they should be asking for reparations from is their fellow blacks in Africa that sold them to us in the first place.

[guitarjosh]

I dont see the problem with their agenda

Can you address which items you have a problem with and why?

Theres an old saying in the white business community that we've all lived by for decades if not longer, and we all embrace it, but now that african americans are using it, we condone it... Once again, another double standard rears its ugle head

Anyways, the saying is "You won't receive what you don't ask for"

Who cares that they're asking for restitution which I believe they should receive, just like Native Americans receive

they won't get reparations regardless of whether they ask, and that's a good thing for them. If you ever want to see the damage done by getting handouts from the governments, look at an indian reservation.

[Ralphie Halves]

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[Ralphie Halves]

Anyways, the saying is "You won't receive what you don't ask for"

Who cares that they're asking for restitution which I believe they should receive, just like Native Americans receive

Casinos? No joke, that could work. I've worked closely with about a dozen Indian casinos as a consultant. They provide jobs and give tons of money to the local economy. They've also been quick financial fixes for a lot of depressed areas in the Midwest. Years later, that money is usually pissed away and the town is poor again, but at least they had a shot to make it work out. St. Louis for example is on an upswing due to great casino revenue.

[The Giant]

Guys, as one of the only black members here at SBR, please send me all your points.

Consider them your reparations.

[Bostongambler]

I'm Ethiopian

[bigtymer56]

Whoever decided on the title of that article knew it would attract attention.

[hostile takeover]

St. Louis for example is on an upswing due to great casino revenue.

Not true. Not true. Not true.

There is zero chance you live in or are familiar with St Louis or anyone from St Louis with that statement.

[Booya711]

I dont see the problem with their agenda

Can you address which items you have a problem with and why?

Theres an old saying in the white business community that we've all lived by for decades if not longer, and we all embrace it, but now that african americans are using it, we condone it... Once again, another double standard rears its ugle head

Anyways, the saying is "You won't receive what you don't ask for"

Who cares that they're asking for restitution which I believe they should receive, just like Native Americans receive

Difference is the native Americans were here already and got shit on...Africa didn't even want its own people so shipped across the ocean...absolutely nothing alike

Italians, Jews, the Irish...etc all got treated like shit when they first came over and you don't see them asking for shit

[blackHIPPY]

pay up whitey

[TheSideBet]

Well there's my few minutes of ingesting stupidity for the day.

[blackHIPPY]

spending trillions on a war to kill arabs is fine

spending millions to pay for reparations is just an insane and irrational idea

[The Kraken]

they won't get reparations regardless of whether they ask, and that's a good thing for them. If you ever want to see the damage done by getting handouts from the governments, look at an indian reservation.

Correct, but I don't hold it against them for asking

Nor should anyone else

Who goes to buy a new car and starts negotiations at the sticker price?

[Ralphie Halves]

Not true. Not true. Not true.

There is zero chance you live in or are familiar with St Louis or anyone from St Louis with that statement.

Well there's a better than zero chance, I was born and raised there. Was there for a week in April and saw a big difference. Know people from my school that are in city planning and politics now that told me why. I wasn't in the inner city, but areas around that were getting sketchy look a lot better.

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

Well there's a better than zero chance, I was born and raised there. Was there for a week in April and saw a big difference. Know people from my school that are in city planning and politics now that told me why. I wasn't in the inner city, but areas around that were getting sketchy look a lot better.

Stay out of the inner city...

[pavyracer]

Give them reparations. But before you do buy stock of General Motors. 99% are going to buy an Escalade with the money.

[maggiethebestdog]

I didn't realize that people alive in our country had been slaves. Or their grandparents. By all means, appease the savages.

[hostile takeover]

Well there's a better than zero chance, I was born and raised there. Was there for a week in April and saw a big difference. Know people from my school that are in city planning and politics now that told me why. I wasn't in the inner city, but areas around that were getting sketchy look a lot better.

BUl|shit. Everything is going to the counties west and south. Nothing that 'was' sketchy near the city is getting better.

You are a liar. You are making crap up to either fit your agenda or to sound knowledgeable. Unfortunately you stumbled upon someone who knows the city and county very well.

[innovation]

the funding of BLM is all you need to know

if these people had any intelligence on how they are being played as pawns for a certain agenda they would just ask george soros to repay them and call it a day

[Axman3000]

The reparation is the privilege that the distant relatives of the slaves get to live in the United States and not Africa. Sure, slavery was wrong but the descendants of slaves now have a quality of life MANY times greater than what they would have in Africa.

[MoneyLineDawg]

How much black do you have to be?

[blackHIPPY]

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

[blackHIPPY]

The reparation is the privilege that the distant relatives of the slaves get to live in the United States and not Africa. Sure, slavery was wrong but the descendants of slaves now have a quality of life MANY times greater than what they would have in Africa.

stfu fukboy

[deltgen]

The US government has been making reparations for slavery for decades in the form of affirmative action.

[captrobey]

stfu fukboy

He is right though because if you were still in Africa you would not have any Pizza Huts

[Itsamazing777]

pay up whitey

Get a job that pays more than 12$ an hour, loser.

[RudyRuetigger]

Hippy doesn't even fukkin have rakeback

[bigtymer56]

He is right though because if you were still in Africa you would not have any Pizza Huts

Wrong

[Bostongambler]

How about Papa Gino's?

[bigtymer56]

Papa Ginos? Never heard of them. That a New England chain?

[Bostongambler]

Papa Ginos? Never heard of them. That a New England chain?

Yes they are all over the place here.

[Ralphie Halves]

BUl|shit. Everything is going to the counties west and south. Nothing that 'was' sketchy near the city is getting better.

You are a liar. You are making crap up to either fit your agenda or to sound knowledgeable. Unfortunately you stumbled upon someone who knows the city and county very well.

CRAP!! Thwarted again!! With people like you around, how am I supposed to further my "agenda"?? This keeps happening. I just can't win. Anyway...

First off, we're talking about opinions when it comes to how well these areas are doing, so lying/not lying doesn't really apply here. Just thought we'd lead off with the obvious, maybe you didn't know this.

Everything in terms of white flight has already been moving to St. Charles county and JeffCo, that's not news. Remember too, young people often move back into St. Louis county, because the white flight counties are horrendously boring. Anyway, as far as St. Louis county goes, a lot of areas looked way nicer than when I was last there two years ago. Parts of Maryland Heights look unrecognizable now, there's definitely money going there, and I learned a lot of that was casino dollars. South City/Soulard doesn't look any different structurally, but I stayed there a couple of days and went all around. Not one sketchy element there. Way different than before. Then I heard police were cracking down hard in that area for preservation purposes. Made sense. I can keep going.

I mean it's cool you live there and all, but I did too, and since I don't live there anymore, I can see things from a distance, see the changes a bit easier, and not get all worked up about it. Just my take on my old hometown, nothing more. *shrug*