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1. Thank you for posting. So much of this cruelty is hidden away. I wonder if more ...

Reply to heaven05 (Original post)

Sat Feb 11, 2017, 10:34 AM

Feb 2017

knew about this and the hundreds of thousands of other instances of unspeakable cruelty that have been perpetrated on African Americans would they be so against reparations?

IMO reparations are in order, and I don't mean cutting checks to individuals as most foes of it think.

Maybe if I use the work "compensation" said foes will get it.

They deserved to get compensation for their work. Who can argue with that?

These purchased-by-US-Steel workers were not compensated for back breaking labor in deep mines with little light — in other words their labor was stolen just as their enslaved ancestor's labor was stolen during slavery.

They did not get COMPENSATION for their work. Somehow, some way that should be made right.

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Last evening [View all] heaven05 Feb 2017 OP

Thank you for posting. So much of this cruelty is hidden away. I wonder if more ... brush Feb 2017 #1

I was educated heaven05 Feb 2017 #2

"THEY WERE SLAVES IN ALL BUT NAME" sheshe2 Feb 2017 #3