Kind of ironic this happened...

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Mookie - that is ridiculous.

Does racism happen? Sure it does. But the so called "cartoon" you post assumes that every "white" has stood upon the back of a chained "black" to get "above" them.

Now - I have never owned a slave, nor have I utilized racial repression as a way to get ahead of others. So I have no culpability or responsibility for it.

Have you owned a slave? Or have you kept other races repressed so you could get ahead? If so, when did you write your last reparations check?

If you haven't written one yet - then why don't you lead by example. Or are you too good to live by your own highbrow moralism?

On the off chance you have a significant amount of pigmentation in your skin, don't forget about the Irish slaves - among others. Better still write that check.

Lastly - the idea that people - including myself - don't do anything to help out the "poor, downtrodden blacks" - reparations have been collected by the government for a long time and distributed to the poor - of all races. Its called welfare. And 61.2% of recipients are not Caucasian. So apparently I pay reparations - even to people that some distant 3rd cousin once removed 5 generations back didn't even enslave.....

I am afraid that post is absolutely ridiculous.
While I am certain that it can be backed by "facts" from numerous white supremacist groups, I am of the opinion that that just illustrates how ridiculous the post is.

I do like the "idea" that welfare is reparation for things like slavery, segregation and institutionalised racism though, that is a real gem.