People used to say to those who doubted their right to do something: "Sure, you can do that; you're free, white and twenty-one!" Hal
The idea of paying reparations to people who were not harmed is ludicrous. But if reparations are to be paid, then England, Spain, Portugal, Muslims, several of the African countries, and Democrats in the United States should pay them.
In one of Clint Eastwood's films, while questioning a black suspect, he replied, "That's mighty white of you." Harold
In mark Twain's classic "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", a chapter has Tom returning home very late, which worried his Aunt Polly. He explained that the riverboat he was on ran aground, but that wasn't the worst of it: "We also blowed out a cylinder head." Polly said "Good gracious...anybody hurt?" Tom replied "No ma'am...killed a nigger." To which she replied "Well it's lucky, because sometimes people do get hurt!" This was one reason that book was banned in its original form. Hal
I hope there is a special place in hell for book-banners. It is one thing to condemn history but we cannot change it, so hopefully we learn from it.
This, I thought, was an interesting thread, so I am bumping it up in the hopes that some of our new members, or others who may not have come across it before, might have something to contribute to it. The thread started in the early days of this forum so I'd like to keep it going.
Tired of others trying to erase history. No one is banning books about the killings and injustice toward Jews. No bans on books about how tha White man stole land from the Indians. If we are to wipe clean from history all the injustice done to anyone in the past....that leaves nothing to work for building a better future. I have said this before prejudice has nothing to do with color, its about cultural differences. I could go on but hunger has struck
Pay reparations to the blacks for slavery? 130,000 Union soldiers died in order to secure the Emancipation of slaves. I think 130,000 lives are reparations enough.