The government promised it to the slaves and never delivered.
Instead of 40 acres and a mule they got Jim Crow Laws and KKK terrorism. I'm not looking for reparations personally, but I just wonder why this issue is so hard for so many to comprehend. Shouldn't this debt be just as important as the national debt? Should interest be applied?
What are your thoughts?
P.S. I welcome your ignorant and hateful answers as they will only prove my argument.
2007-07-03 12:10:40 · 12 answers · asked by mac man 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I am white....I never got my 40 acres but the mule is sitting next to me......
You aint missing nothing....
"No dear, I was just kidding."
" Yes dear I'll fix you another drink."
Well, I gotta go feed the mule.....
2007-07-03 12:16:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Whom do you think this debt should be paid to? Did Congress codify the "....40 acres and an mule", or was it just another political promise made in the heat of a post environment or campaign promise? I'm not sure of your legal standing since proving that you were personally damaged by history maybe difficult.
The era of slavery in this country is certainly bleak and the country paid a high price in lives and economics to end it once and for all in 1864.
Why should you receive compensation for something that happened to your great great ancestors and why should today's taxpayer have to "foot the bill" for their being wronged?
2007-07-03 12:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by jack w 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
ive got a friend whose great-great-grandfather actually got his share of land as a form of reparations (dont think it was 40 acres though). he grew things there, and they still own the land.
its a shame that this wasnt a universal policy, i think the black community would be better off today. the 100 years between the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement were long.
$100,000 to each household descended from American slaves.
2007-07-03 12:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by Ezra M 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I believe dude s has given us the essence of Jim Crow Law in just a few sentences...
2007-07-05 12:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by George A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We will never see it. At least the Native Americans have their reservations.
2007-07-03 12:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jassierra 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was called the Reconstruction Act. But you Gramps prolly say "Reconstushun Aks" and hence you are screwed
2007-07-03 12:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Can you prove that your great grandfather was a slave?
Can you find out who owned him?
Was his service cut short due to the Emancipation Proclimation, thus making his term null and void?
Don't ask for the reward unless you can prove the task was accomplished to recieve such rewards.
2007-07-03 12:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
It went the way of "separate but equal".
2007-07-03 12:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1 of my great great grandfathers got his and did very well, and a great grandfather also did and he did well too. So....
2007-07-03 12:31:31 · answer #9 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Empty promises...
2007-07-03 12:14:38 · answer #10 · answered by {*Kiterya A.k.A Ms Caramel*} 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋