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wheredayayo 03/23/21 11:13:30 AM #1: |
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0Z0LpHRu?s=a99&pd=07gWpa2S
Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery.The Chicago suburbs City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. Each qualifying household would receive $25,000 for home repairs or down payments on property. The program is being funded through donations and revenue from a 3% tax on the sale of recreational marijuana. The city has pledged to distribute $10 million over 10 years. Qualifying residents must either have lived in or been a direct descendant of a Black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and who suffered discrimination in housing because of city ordinances, policies or practices. Alderman Rue Simmons, who proposed the program that was adopted in 2019, said pro-reparations groups have offered pro-bono legal assistance if the program is challenged in court. "This is set aside for an injured community that happens to be Black, that was injured by the city of Evanston for anti-Black housing policies," Simmons said. The City Council acted after dozens of citizens addressed the body and the plan received some pushback from several. Alderman Cicely Fleming, the lone vote against the plan, said she supports reparations, but what the City Council was debating is a housing plan that is being called reparations. She said the people should dictate the terms of how their grievances are repaired. Fleming described the program as paternalistic, and it assumes Black people cant manage their own money. They better start reparations for every other minority. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tragik 03/23/21 12:54:13 PM #2: |
Can't forget reparations for women and gays too
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g980 03/23/21 12:56:24 PM #3: |
wheredayayo posted...
Qualifying residents must either have lived in or been a direct descendant of a Black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and who suffered discrimination in housing because of city ordinances, policies or practices. This is so key and afaict negates the vast majority of objections to reparations It's actually distributed in a rational way addressing a tangible injustice against a tangibly recent generation Kudo evanston lets follow this model --- These old bones live to learn her wanton ways: (I measure time by how a body sways). ... Copied to Clipboard!
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wheredayayo 03/23/21 5:35:43 PM #5: |
So I guess this is enough to call it even for some?
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One_Day_Remains 03/23/21 5:40:39 PM #6: |
Just a reminder that TC is insurmountably racist against black people before anyone makes the mistake of trying to engage him in good faith
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SquirtleSkwad 03/23/21 5:43:17 PM #8: |
Tragik posted...
Can't forget reparations for women and gays tooYou can't have thought this was intelligent --- "If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it well enough."-Albert Einstein ... Copied to Clipboard!
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EmbraceOfDeath 03/23/21 5:52:31 PM #9: |
Only 16 households to start? How many people qualify for it?
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Monolith1676 03/24/21 4:33:59 AM #10: |
As ABL said it makes no sense. If a black person buys marijuana and gets the "reparations" they are just paying themselves.
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