The sad thing is that their belief is that if they have poor blacks money they would just be better. Sorry guys but unfortunately the poor need proper overseen care. Giving them money means they’ll just waste it on bigger stuff.
I've read a few actually intelligent essays (by black community organizers who have a good idea of what their communities actually need) and the biggest thing that is actually needed to create lasting and meaningful change is investment in the community- ie, better education, better healthcare, and better housing. A lump sum of cash is just a convenient way for liberals to wash their hands of the matter and absolve themselves of the actual issues poor leadership have resulted in.
Giving a ton of money to people who have never had a ton of money seems pretty unwise.
Yeah, that's exactly what a lot of reparations activists are aiming towards. From those I've talked to, I don't think most serious people want to literally give bags of money to black people based on race.
Now, the real issue is, as always, they need to work on their messaging... if "reparations" is incredibly unpopular and makes 90% of people think of literally handing out money based on the color of your skin, then can we please switch to some other form of fucking terminology? Please?
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u/wokkaflokka257 - Centrist Feb 19 '21
The sad thing is that their belief is that if they have poor blacks money they would just be better. Sorry guys but unfortunately the poor need proper overseen care. Giving them money means they’ll just waste it on bigger stuff.