British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations

[surada]

I am happy to pay reparations. I wouldl like to see a scheme proposed that starts to put rght the injustice.
Over here and in America black folk have been mistreated and held back. Something should be done.

I am not sure how my family benefitted from the industrial revolution.Working down pits is not really a reward.

The industrial revolution needed coal, didn't it?

 

[Leo123]

But if your family has benefitted from lavery or Jim Crow then you should make amends.

Who decides that?

 

[jbrownson0831]

‘My forefathers did something horribly wrong’: British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations

The Trevelyans were shocked to see their name in a slavery database and a journey to Grenada confirmed the continuing impact of their grim history

www.theguardian.com

I suppose that it i a start. These people live off the fruits of slavery even today. They should make good on that.
Its about governments put some thought into this. Apologies dont cut it any more.

Reparations paid to whom? None of them suffered from slavery.

 

[toomuchtime_]

But if your family has benefitted from lavery or Jim Crow then you should make amends.

How can you make amends to people who are dead?

 

[jbrownson0831]

What were your family doing 200 years ago ?

Who cares what any family was doing 200 years ago?

 

[jbrownson0831]

Why should a BBC journo know about it.She researhed it and found out. Now they are doing something about it. Thats good isnt it ?

Doing something about what?

 

[jbrownson0831]

That family has benefitted from owning slaves up till today.I agreee that it should go further.

And likewise the family related to the slaves have benefitted from their ancestors being slaves,

 

[Concerned American]

Reparations paid to whom? None of them suffered from slavery.

Similar to Tommy's assertion that he suffered because his ancestors were employed in mines. Where would he be if his ancestors had not been gainfully employed in said mines.

 

[jbrownson0831]

We all benefitted from it one way or another.Especially people in politics and justice. Your housing,education and job prospects have benefitted from white privilege from he day you were borm.

Nobody disputes that.

Kook

 

[Concerned American]

Nobody disputes that.

I do. BTW, I don't ever recall getting preferential treatment in housing, employment or anything else--that was Affirmative Action, you know, black privilege.

 

[Papageorgio]

There needs to be a scheme of some sort. Something that will make a difference.. That is not my area of expertise.. People will have better ideas than me.
Your argument is comical from someone who doesnt believe in equity.
Like those who used to ask how many refugees are you personally housing.

Like those for abortion asking those how many others have they personally adopted?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Reparations paid to whom? None of them suffered from slavery.

Its not just slavery. Its the jim Crow era as well. Black folk held back from adancement due to racism and restrictive laws.
Cant live in the best places, cant go to the good universities.
Whitey benefitted from this. Black folk suffered..

Whitey has benefitted fom centuries of positive discrimination. Its time to put that right.

 

[Concerned American]

There needs to be a scheme of some sort. Something that will make a difference.. That is not my area of expertise.. People will have better ideas than me.
Your argument is comical from someone who doesnt believe in equity.
Like those who used to ask how many refugees are you personally housing.

I believe in equality. When a person works as hard as I do in the same job and achieves the same results, they should be paid equally well. If that person chooses to squander their earnings leading to a lesser outcome than I have, that is where it stops. That is the fallacy of "equity" in a nutshell.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Like those for abortion asking those how many others have they personally adopted?

Absolutely. Its a shit argument made by people who are too stupid to make a proper one.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Its not just slavery. Its the jim Crow era as well. Black folk held back from adancement due to racism and restrictive laws.
Cant live in the best places, cant go to the good universities.
Whitey benefitted from this. Black folk suffered..

Whitey has benefitted fom centuries of positive discrimination. Its time to put that right.

So these current "black folk" (is that racist?) have benefitted greatly from that treatment and now have all the things you are whining they didn't.
I wasn't alive then so I had nothing to do with it nor did I benefit from anything. Pretty equal ballfield now Commie and I see no need to pay anybody anything....payment has already been made.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Absolutely. Its a shit argument made by people who are too stupid to make a proper one.

Wow, a Dim kook calling out others as being stupid? Now thats funny.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Its not just slavery. Its the jim Crow era as well. Black folk held back from adancement due to racism and restrictive laws.
Cant live in the best places, cant go to the good universities.
Whitey benefitted from this. Black folk suffered..

Whitey has benefitted fom centuries of positive discrimination. Its time to put that right.

It has been put right by passing and enforcing laws that provide everyone with the same rights and opportunities.

Relax, Tommy, you didn't own slaves, you don't have to feel guilty about it anymore.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I believe in equality. When a person works as hard as I do in the same job and achieves the same results, they should be paid equally well. If that person chooses to squander their earnings leading to a lesser outcome than I have, that is where it stops. That is the fallacy of "equity" in a nutshell.

I dont know your age but your father would have had more money spent on his education than black kids.
His skin colour would have opened more doors and given him more opportunities than black kids,
In turn that would have led to a better life and more opportunity for you., or people like you.

 

[jbrownson0831]

I dont know your age but your father would have had more money spent on his education than black kids.
His skin colour would have opened more doors and given him more opportunities than black kids,
In turn that would have led to a better life and more opportunity for you., or people like you.

So what? This is now and everyone has the same opportunities.....just some are too lazy to take advantage of them and whine about reparations.

 

[toomuchtime_]

I dont know your age but your father would have had more money spent on his education than black kids.
His skin colour would have opened more doors and given him more opportunities than black kids,
In turn that would have led to a better life and more opportunity for you., or people like you.

But that is no longer true so why are you so stuck in the past and so dismissive of the changes mostly white people have made to provide equal rights and opportunities for everyone? Are you just addicted to feelings of hate, anger and guilt?