I'm asking this sincerely, not oppositionally: If you had the power to declare a national emergency for reparations tomorrow, what would you do? What would it look like?
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Until we can answer it, calls for reparations remain performative & not much help to folks who are legitimately suffering.
Not saying that's what Clint is doing. I suspect he has something in mind. But I'm curious how different it looks than lefty polices already on the table.
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There is already a bill in congress that would be a good first step. #Reparations2020 #ADOS
H.R.40 - Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
congress.gov/bill/115th-cong…
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There are a now few democratic presidential candidates who say they support reparations in a vague philosophical sense (Kamala, Castro). Pushing them to support H.R.40 would lock them into a tangible policy as a first step.
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Although I don’t believe that @marwilliamson has a full grasp of reparations from a policy perspective, she needs to be supported in order to force reparations into the democrats’ platform.
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I have a grasp of the moral issue involved; articulating that is the part I feel is mine to play. I do realize $100B is way too low. I originally put on my website $200B & I realize that that should be the minimum even discussed. $500B should not be considered an outrageous idea
Feb 24, 2019 · 4:11 PM UTC
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