1/ The difference between race-based policies and reparations Is that reparations contain an inherent mea culpa. They’re recognition of a wrong that was done, a debt that is owed and the willingness on the part of a people to pay it.
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2/ Germany has paid $89 billion in reparations to Jewish organizations. It doesn’t mean that the Holocaust didn’t happen, but it has gone far toward establishing emotional and psychological reconciliation between Germany and the Jews of Europe.
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3/ Almost 250 yrs of slavery followed by almost 100 more yrs of institutionalized violence against Black people in the American South. If you’ve been kicking someone to the ground for almost 350 years, you owe more than to stop kicking; you owe it to them to help them get back up

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4/ I don’t think the average American is a racist but rather is woefully undereducated about the history of race in the US. I saw over & over, in the whitest states, how once people heard a thumbnail sketch of our racial history from 1619 to today, they applauded #ReparationsNow.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Marianne, for real. What happened to you? AMERICA IS ONLY 245 YEARS OLD!!! Not 350. I'm not saying America is innocent. But at least blame the British, too. C'mon, Marianne!
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Thank you so much for this. 🙏🏾
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Bunch of people asking questions, your 3 second thought of "but what if" has most likely been answered by #ADOS years ago.
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Sorry. Can we please put Native Americans in here too.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I haven't been doing anything of the sort. Causing people to feel bad about themselves for things they didn't do is manipulative and wrong.
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they're still kicking
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That the point. ‘If you’ve been....’ Marieanne..... I haven’t been!
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