Talarico update

dpic73

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He's not talking about handing them wads of cash.

"Talarico made the comments at a recent DeSoto town hall, describing "repairing past harms" as part of his faith tradition and supporting policies such as tuition relief, homeownership grants, and baby bonds to build generational wealth in Black communities."

 

Tom Paris

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He's not talking about handing them wads of cash.

"Talarico made the comments at a recent DeSoto town hall, describing "repairing past harms" as part of his faith tradition and supporting policies such as tuition relief, homeownership grants, and baby bonds to build generational wealth in Black communities."

"The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination."

-Ibram X Kendi Henry Rogers in How to be an AnTi-RaCiSt
 

baltimorened

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He's not talking about handing them wads of cash.

"Talarico made the comments at a recent DeSoto town hall, describing "repairing past harms" as part of his faith tradition and supporting policies such as tuition relief, homeownership grants, and baby bonds to build generational wealth in Black communities."

now Dpic, with all due respect, supporting tuition relief, homeownership grants (which is a form of or actual cash) and baby bonds for one race "for repairing past harms" is still reparations.

My wife is Irish, and from history, the Irish were denied housing, jobs etc when then came to the US...will they also be entitled to reparations for past harms?
 
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Tom Paris

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now Dpic, with all due respect, supporting tuition relief, homeownership grants (which is a form of or actual cash) and baby bonds for one race "for repairing past harms" is still reparations.

My wife is Irish, and from history, the Irish were denied housing, jobs etc when then came to the US...will they also be entitled to reparations for past harms?
Holy s h i t!!! The ridiculous Irish argument!!! The Irish were stolen from their homeland and packed in boats, sold as slaves?? Epic fail, bins.
 

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now Dpic, with all due respect, supporting tuition relief, homeownership grants (which is a form of or actual cash) and baby bonds for one race "for repairing past harms" is still reparations.

My wife is Irish, and from history, the Irish were denied housing, jobs etc when then came to the US...will they also be entitled to reparations for past harms?
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it."
 
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dpic73

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now Dpic, with all due respect, supporting tuition relief, homeownership grants (which is a form of or actual cash) and baby bonds for one race "for repairing past harms" is still reparations.

My wife is Irish, and from history, the Irish were denied housing, jobs etc when then came to the US...will they also be entitled to reparations for past harms?
We're comparing people who were shackled and chained in the lower deck of a slave ship to people who voluntarily came here for a better life? Dude...
 
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alaskanseminole

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JHP, do you know that restoration is a different word and concept then reparations? JT talked about correcting historical injustices by investing in Black communities. You can oppose that if you want, but saying he "endorsed a plan to force Texans to pay reparations" is gaslighting moronic nonesense.
 
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baltimorened

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Holy s h i t!!! The ridiculous Irish argument!!! The Irish were stolen from their homeland and packed in boats, sold as slaves?? Epic fail, bins.
I believe you missing the point. First of all, if you can show me the living person who was stolen from their homeland, packed in a boat and sold as a slave, then I'd say that person deserves reparation from the people who stole them, packed then in that boat and used them as a slave, not from the normal run of the mill American taxpayer.

Now if you're talking "repairing past harms" as was pointed out in the OP, then why are we limiting rectifying those past harms to only one group? You don't like Irish, how about the Chinese migrants? according to AI "Yes, Chinese immigrants to the United States faced severe mistreatment, including systemic legal discrimination, violent attacks, and strict immigration bans'. Or how about the native American Indians...our ancestors weren't real good with them either.

US history is full of instances of mistreatment of specific groups. Why would you consider reparations for one and not all? Seems kind of racist to me, and I'm pretty sure your not racist
 
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baltimorened

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We're comparing people who were shackled and chained in the lower deck of a slave ship to people who voluntarily came here for a better life? Dude...
as I posted, if you can find any person who was shackeled and chained in the lower deck of a slave ship, then give them reparations...by the people that did it, not for the average American taxpayer who might not have come to the US until long after the last slaved arrived in the US and was granted freedom.

why are African Americans demanding reparations? Is it because they were stolen from their homeland, transported in ships etc. or is it because according to AI "African Americans demand reparations to address the enduring economic, social, and psychological wealth gap". And, it would seem that's the reason, because none can claim as Tom Paris so eloquently point out were stolen from their homeland sent on ships or sold into slavery.

Don't American Indians have a wealth gap, for example. Why are they not included in the reparations discussion?

Now, just to show my heart is in the right place, if you, or tom Paris or alexanderUnis see a specific need to pay reparations, then I'd suggest you do that. I certainly would not stand in your way
 
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Tom Paris

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I believe you missing the point. First of all, if you can show me the living person who was stolen from their homeland, packed in a boat and sold as a slave, then I'd say that person deserves reparation from the people who stole them, packed then in that boat and used them as a slave, not from the normal run of the mill American taxpayer.

Now if you're talking "repairing past harms" as was pointed out in the OP, then why are we limiting rectifying those past harms to only one group? You don't like Irish, how about the Chinese migrants? according to AI "Yes, Chinese immigrants to the United States faced severe mistreatment, including systemic legal discrimination, violent attacks, and strict immigration bans'. Or how about the native American Indians...our ancestors weren't real good with them either.

US history is full of instances of mistreatment of specific groups. Why would you consider reparations for one and not all? Seems kind of racist to me, and I'm pretty sure your not racist
No. I’m not missing the point. You’re just a GD moron who made a RIDICULOUS comparison. Now you’re moving the goalposts. Totally a both sides move.
 

dpic73

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so I'm going to assume you're for reparations? And only for African Americans?
Ned, don't create an argument I wasn't making. Like always, I was addressing the simpleton phrasing in the post that said "James Talarico (D) just ENDORSED a plan to force Texans into paying reparations to black people for slavery." When he was actually talking about practices like redlining that kept blacks from obtaining home loans and systemic inequities in K-12 education, due to under-resourced schools and the racial wealth gap that also left them unprepared for structural admission hurdles that prevented them from getting into college. That's what he was talking about, not reparations for slavery and I think you could make a case that he's right. This was an argument he was making, not me, though I do believe he has a point.

A rising tide lifts all boats as they say and if we can do anything that help those that have been affected by those policies, it will be good for our country as a whole. And it's probably needed more than ever now that we have an administration hell-bent on erasing their visibility and any programs or laws that were put in place to address their historical disadvantages.

Don't think there won't be repercussions to the suppression that's going on in Trump's second term because they clearly see what's being done to disenfranchise them and Talarico is basically telling them he sees them and he understands they need an advocate and he's willing to step into that role because he's a damn good person.
 

dpic73

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LOL.. now Tommy is playing the "I'm a better Christian than you are" card.

F'ing hilarous. You are a sorry mf'er.
Talarico is a much better Christian than a maga Christian and a much better person in general than creepy little screechers like you.