I, a mix of second and third generation, come from immigrants. My father worked as a blue-collar steel worker until putting himself through college to become an accountant. My mother worked as a cashier in the grocery store until she put herself through college to become a teacher. My family scrimped and saved. Some of our meals were green beans and bacon. We would drink Kool-Aid or iced tea because we really couldn’t afford pop. My parents emphasized education.
I grew up in Gary Indiana in the 60s and was aware of discrimination. I have seen the dramatic change in this country and today, while there may be traces of racism in some people, there is no significant systemic racism causing the disparities that exist today.
Biden has nominated Howard University Law Professor Justin Hansford to serve as an independent expert on the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD), and he was elected by the UN General Assembly for the inaugural 2022-2024 term.(1)
Hansford supports reparations and abolishing the police. (2) (3)
This follows other key Democrats’ recent proposals to pay $14 TRILLION in reparations. (4)
How taking money from citizens who neither had or supported slavery or even had ancestors doing such to give to other citizens who where never slaves makes no sense to me.
How the leader of this country, claiming to be a uniter, can continue to allow these ideas to gain momentum is CRAZY and will only dramatically increase a divide that had been shrinking.
Blacks have been given significant advantages over the past 50 years or so through affirmative action, and continued reparations are not warranted and are unfair.
