We've talked about reparations in the context of local public policy that's moving forward . . . Meanwhile, the Star recently published a "think piece" that takes a broader view with a cash ask that seems unlikely even from the strongest supporters of the movement . . . Checkit:
After decades of failure to close the wealth gap, Black Americans need reparations
Dramatic events during the last several months have once again laid bare the glaring racial inequities that exist in this country. The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman enraged the country as another unarmed Black man was executed by law enforcement.
As long as the "reparations" include loss of US Citizenship and a mandatory one-way ticket to Africa for everyone accepting them, I'm all for it!
ReplyDeleteSo discount fifty or so years of cradle to grave welfare and the total cost of black dysfunction and criminality, and we haven't got a problem.
ReplyDeleteExactly right on!
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ReplyDeleteExactly. Get a job, it's already late morning.
DeleteNo to reparations unless the person can file a tax return where the job description is "SLAVE". And the reparations are paid by people with job descriptions of "SLAVE OWNER, PLANTATION OWNER, etc". Quit trying to change history.
ReplyDeleteGod things just keep getting dumber.
ReplyDeleteIf Black Americans deserve reparations what do Native Americans get? We stole the whole country from them. Plus the black people here ended up much BETTER off than the ones that stayed in Africa.
ReplyDeleteNative Americans get their own Casino.
ReplyDeleteBlack people should have their won Casino.
I'm not a doctor or lawyer because I don't have the intelligence.
ReplyDeleteBlack people aren't because of racism.
Kansas City Scar and think in the same sentence. That's funny!
ReplyDeleteMickey look like scary black man.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean the current Japanese American and German American populations are paying all other Americans back for their ancestors destroying the lives of a lot of Americans?
ReplyDeletegive them reparations with the condition they immigrate to africa and never come back.
ReplyDeleteCadillac dealers are going to love this!
ReplyDeletestacy shaw wants her reperation for being a commie two bit traffic lawyer blm leader in kcmo
ReplyDeleteGOLD TEFFS FO EVERYBODIES!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat are they going to repair?
ReplyDeleteGod!!! Will this trash rag just die already! It’s not even worth putting down on the floor for the dog to piss on!
ReplyDelete'God things just keep getting dumber."
ReplyDeleteGod, comments on this thread keep getting dumber.
And they can't seem to figure out why they keep losing money.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your input lonely heart anonymous drivel posting loser. It has been duly noted, wiped on and flushed. Have a nice day!
ReplyDeleteSomehow the answer is always another handout. Gibsmedat!
ReplyDeleteLess that 1000 blacks died defending the United States in World War Two.
ReplyDeleteMore than 250,000 whites did.
^^Ugh huh. You did nothing. You suck.
ReplyDeleteThe Star's commitment to reparations should focus on them returning the many millions of dollars that their subscribers have wasted over the years.
ReplyDeleteEspecially in the last decade, any money spent on this ridiculous rag was based more on home town pride than any serious attempt at receiving news.
Great way for the Star to disappear beneath the waves of irrelevance.
Sell the printing building and distribute the proceeds.
The only hope for a legacy!
If "they" decide to go forward with reparations, who gets them?
ReplyDeleteWhen will it end?
Equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcome.
ReplyDeleteThey got and are still getting reparations from LBJ's war on poverty. Stop the victim game or go back home to Africa what's stopping you?
My god the first Indian comment shows how dumb people are of their surroundings. Look up the richest black girl in History ( a KCMO resident BTW ) . Report back . We also didn't take all of America from them. Now look up defined borders, ownership and Nomadic cultures. LOL
ReplyDeleteThe content of your character be damned. It's the color of your skin that counts.
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ReplyDeleteI was right.
You can always count on the neanderthal, racist commenters here at this blog to add their ignorance and ugliness.
At least y'all are consistent.
And reliable.
If also hateful, ugly, uninformed, again, racist and just stupid.
I predicted as much when I saw the article in the Star.
What's also predictable, Mo, is your boilerplate response to anything that challenges your fake woke-narrative. It's understandable why you don't allow comments on your own blog; you have no arguments and don't know how to debate or respond to wholly appropriate satire.
DeleteAll you can do is fall back on 'racism, racism, racism', when reparations are themselves a racist absurdity deserving of mockery.
Run along now.
You left out " y'all "
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Delete10:19 FTW!
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ReplyDeleteI was right.
You can always count on the neanderthal, racist commenters here at this blog to add their ignorance and ugliness.
At least y'all are consistent.
And reliable.
If also hateful, ugly, uninformed, again, racist and just stupid.
I predicted as much when I saw the article in the Star.”
Spoken like a true dim witted Democrat.
Apparently it takes one to know one amiright morage! Hahahahaha!
That's why blacks cannot get their society together. No looking forewards always looking back for excuses.
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
ReplyDeleteTOP PHOTO -- MAKE AMERICA PAY REPARATIONS?
ReplyDeleteThis is an issue whose time has expired. Any discussion that purports to consider Black Americans as permanent victims, unable to succeed and thrive in society is simply not honestly addressing the issue!!!
The final reparation calculations have been completed, and the results indicate:
ReplyDeleteEvery African-American owes the U.S. Treasury $209,628.00 (rounded to nearest dollar).
Calculations were based upon the wasted federal outlay of taxpayer dollars attempting to remediate the failure of blacks to integrate themselves into society as productive citizens, from the LBJ administration to present day.
My relatives fought in the trenches for the Union to free the slaves. My exception status for reparations is now on official record.
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ReplyDeleteyet ANOTHER reason to vote for President Trump.
ReplyDeleteblack Demo9crats looking to scam yet Mo'Free Stuff!
1:46 is right except for the insult to Neanderthals. And no, Andy, you don't get an exception for your relatives' sacrifice since the effects of slavery did not end with emancipation. Sorry.
ReplyDelete"...since the effects of slavery did not end with emancipation."
DeleteAnd THAT'S why there will never be reparations.
How much is enough?
Who gets it?
NEVER enough
DeleteWe elected a black president... twice, so don’t tell me you don’t have the same opportunities that I have, grow up!!! And get a job and pay your debts, and stop killing each other because somebody disrespected you! Like you should be respected.....animals!
ReplyDeleteIn each black community give 1 person 10,000 dollars cash large bills. Give all the other black adults in said community a loaded .38 revolver. Then let the black community sort out who gets the money or just give cash to plan parenthood same results.
ReplyDelete^^^And yet there have been reparations... to the World War II Japanese internees. Weird.
ReplyDeleteBecause the ones that were wronged were still alive to give it to
DeleteOK Weird-O, how much IS enough? And WHO gets it? We'd all like to hear your insightful views
ReplyDeleteThis is just the first volleys of a Star campaign for reparations for dead tree media, who has been subjected to the unfair circumstances of technology, lack of talent, and thinking you are the only game in town. It's coming. Just wait.
ReplyDeleteStar is dead, who cares what they say! As for
ReplyDeleteBlack reparations, grow up, suck it up, and stop being the biggest pussies the world has known. Everyone who came to this country was discriminated against, taken into slavery, and dealt with extreme adversity. These people grew up, worked hard, and didn’t whine. If you’re a black person now and aren’t a complete f-up, you can achieve what you want. If you don’t like the US go
back to where your heritage originated. I’d be glad to help pay for it.
3:58: I doubt you are seriously interested, but I'll give you " Bandit Darville's" answer to everything: Go read a book. But at least I'll give you some suggestions: Richard Rothstein's "Color of Money" and Ira Katznelson's "When Affirmative Action Was White."
ReplyDeleteAnd yes. Both are by Jewish authors, but then so is the Bible.
Luke? Acts?
DeleteI'm quite well read. I'm interested to hear your solutions.
ReplyDeleteDid you mean Rothstein's The Color of Law or Baradaran's The Color of Money?
ReplyDeleteslavery has been prevalent throughout the history of all races and cultures.. Eastern European races are even named "Slavic"..people got over it and moved on.. except for the Democrat scammers
4:39 is still pissed because nobody would help him with the big words and there weren't any picture of unicorns and rainbows to color.
ReplyDeleteIf your a baby mamma-no reparations.
ReplyDeleteIf your a felon-no reparations
If you were busted for drugs-no repatations
If your a black man who didnt marry your kid's mom - no reparations
If you weren't an actual slave, no reparations but you can have a tissue.
ReplyDeleteThere will be no reparations.The multinational Corporations are receiving your Reparation money in the tune of Trillions every day. And the Taxpayers will pay .THAT REP.MONEY IS GONE .
ReplyDeleteAnd you are being played by your KANSAS CITY STAR. YOU have nuts running the Newspaper and City Hall.When you have to send the FEDS,IN TO solve crime. The Blue City's will destroy themselves. And there goes your tourist. ENJOY THE SHOW. HAVE SOME POPCORN.
ReplyDeleteWhen Affirmative Action was White blames inequality on FDR's New Deal, Jim Crow, and the GI Bill. Come on! How about successful blacks? Shouldn't they have failed too? Or, maybe, there's something to be said for honesty.
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You cant pay out anything. As you can't measure those that are 100% black, vs partly black/white, vs black/asian. They are few 100% blacks and many came over to the USA AFTER slavery ended - of their own free will. So how would you ever decide who to pay? And what?
ReplyDelete4:47: "The Color of Law." The library has it and "When Affirmative Action Was White."
ReplyDelete5:43: Many Blacks have been successful in spite of their situation. Just as many whites have been failures in spite of their situation. Many of the latter post on TKC, and we should be grateful to Tony for giving them something to do and keeping them out of polite society.
Reparations are coming. And just like before, the rich whites are gonna screw the poor whites. In antebellum times a minority of whites, the one's that could afford, owned slaves. When the Union came knocking, the Confederate aristocracy sent the poor whites out to battle as canon fodder.
ReplyDeleteThis time, do you think the reparation cost is coming out of the hides of the billionaires? Think again. Amazon paid zero dollars Federal income tax last year. Owned by a bbillionaire.How much did you pay?
Reparations are coming, coming to keep the peace so the billionaires can keep on truckin'. Coming out of your tight white paycheck. And you're too triggered and race-proud to know you are being played again. Just hum along and whistle Dixie as your strummed like a one string banjo.
This message approved by Jeff Bezos and billionaires everywhere.
Its actually changed so much that white people are at the bottom of the social respect ladder. Women, blacks, Gays, handicapped all come 1st.
ReplyDeleteIf America were that racist, there's no way in hell that Obama would have been elected president twice.
ReplyDeleteI speak for all intelligent white people. We will be more than happy to pay for variety of birth control
ReplyDeletemethods for men and women in the black community. This will save them more money and set them up for generations of success that a check can’t do.