In my latest, I compare Bernie Sanders's "reparations" answer from last night's #BernieTownHall to the stances of other 2020 candidates and argue that of all the candidates, only Sanders asked an all important question: "What does ["reparations"] mean?" theintercept.com/2019/02/26/…
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She wants to give a $10 billion to "economic projects and educational projects for renewal." That is not a reparations plan. Honestly I would hope you'd want more than to fall for more lip service.
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Can you please give a source or where she said that. Just for reference please. I need a link. Please and Thank you.
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ebony.com/news/dem-president… Note that it's very difficult to figure out what she wants. Her website says a lot of nice stuff about the history of discrimination and what we're owed, but is short on specifics.
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I respect your efforts to normalize the issue. I think that’s important. But this is not a plan. It’s a huge number range with no details about distribution or how this “council” would be selected — much less how it would be distributed.
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It’s not white America’s role to say how the money is disbursed. That’s why selection of the reparations counsel is so important. The legal stipulation is “projects for economic & educational renewal.” If you owe people $, you don’t get to tell them how to spend it.
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So you acknowledge that you don’t have a plan to do more than hand a crazy large amount of money to a bunch of black “leaders” who will be selected though some as-yet figured out but assuredly undemocratic process?
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Paying reparations means paying reparations. That IS the plan.

Mar 5, 2019 · 5:18 PM UTC

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How do you define reparations? Is it cash disbursement &/or social programs? To whom? How much? Would it be one-time lump sums or scheduled disbursements? Who will run the program? How will the program support recipients?
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Bold plan, thanks for filling us in on the details.
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