Slavery took place all over the planet and no one received reparations. The Russians had slaves, the Irish were slaves, the Jews were slaves waiting for Moses to save them, the African Americans were slaves, and the list goes on. My great grandparents were Virginia slaves and my grandmother was born in 1890 as was baby number 15 because her mother, a slave had the first baby at age 10. Booker Taliaferro Washington of Virginia was born in 1856 and died in 1915, encouraged freed slaves to self-educate and become business owners. He impressed rich business owners and politicians to reach out to freed slaves and provide books, schools, equipment, etc. for self training and literacy. Learning vocational education and trades were the norm thanks to Booker T Washington. Women were provided with sewing machines and training to allow them to make clothing and interior decorating items for income. Men were taught building trades, auto mechanics, landscaping, etc. Schools also taught home economics that taught food preparation, food chemistry, catering, and so on. All of my family and neighbors were self employed because that was the norm during that era. Businesses were operated in your home. Mothers always had a piano in the house and taught music lessons. Accountants did business from home. Cooks sold foods. Vegetables and fruits were sold from trucks. Seafood was sold by order, candies and cakes were sold from home, and so on. To date items are sold online which causes a lot of people to have too much time to sit idle and get depressed. Gangs are stealing merchandise and selling online to people all over the world. Black people need another Booker Taliaferro Washington to help black people to get out of their uncaring and hopelessness attitude that’s causing them to turn their frustration against each other. It takes an extremely madman to gun down a person and not feel sad.
Again, I'm all for Reparations just like the Japanese Americans that got reparations. The Japanese got reparations only to the ones that were locked up.Not to their estates or next of kin.
I am fed up with discussions about slavery. My great grandfather was a Virginia slave and great grandmother was a slave in South Carolina and a Geechie. My grandmother was born in 1890, and discussed how her parents and siblings relocated to Louisiana to start a new life of freedom. We never discussed slavery and were advised to use our energy to learn everything available to become well-trained to be able to earn a living to prevent becoming another slave. We were called colored and negroes, and never called African for obvious reasons. Booker T Washington was highly respected and able to appeal to wealthy businessmen and politicians to reach out to freed people who provided books, schools, equipment, training, employment, and and so on to aid in a life of freedom. All free people worked together to help each other. All of my people owned their own business and hired neighbors. Owning a business was emphasized because free people had to build their living environment, communities, schools, recreation, foods, healthcare, and so on. Wealthy Jews were called a blessing because they reached out to provide educational materials, equipment, employment, etc. Spiegel’s group helped. Sears Roebuck group helped. Rockefeller, and many wealthy businessmen along with wealthy politicians helped.
During a crisis where too many people are in dire need of help, the best way to solve that crisis is to call on the highly skilled, wealthy group, and so on to donate services, equipment, manpower, expertise, leadership, training, education, and so on to bring about needed change. Handing a sum of money to certain individuals will not solve the problems because they will spend the money and the problem will continue to exist.
Don’t compare the situation with the Japanese to slavery of black Americans. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I was a young child in New Orleans and heard President Roosevelt say on the radio that we were at war and the Japanese are our enemies and shall pay. They were rounded up and placed in camps, and all of their belongings and property was taken. The bomb was made by chemists at The University of Chicago. We lived in fear as children because there were blackouts at night, sirens, ships entering the docks from Europe with crying Italians and Jews, food shortages because factories were busy making weapons and materials for war instead of processing foods and consumer products, war planes were flying to the Pacific each day to fight, etc. War is no joke. Reparations to the Japanese were made years after the war ended by refunding a sum of money as compensation for what was taken from the individuals during the war when they were placed in camps. Reparations to black Americans in 2024 because their ancestors were slaves will never occur because it is not possible to calculate and identify who should be the recipients and their location throughout the United States. Hopefully the mayor will focus on realistic ways to solve the crisis people of Chicago are facing because mailing reparations checks to Chicago cronies will start a war among black people located in all states who did not receive their share. Peace!
Slavery took place all over the planet and no one received reparations. The Russians had slaves, the Irish were slaves, the Jews were slaves waiting for Moses to save them, the African Americans were slaves, and the list goes on. My great grandparents were Virginia slaves and my grandmother was born in 1890 as was baby number 15 because her mother, a slave had the first baby at age 10.
ReplyDeleteBooker Taliaferro Washington of Virginia was born in 1856 and died in 1915, encouraged freed slaves to self-educate and become business owners. He impressed rich business owners and politicians to reach out to freed slaves and provide books, schools, equipment, etc. for self training and literacy. Learning vocational education and trades were the norm thanks to Booker T Washington. Women were provided with sewing machines and training to allow them to make clothing and interior decorating items for income. Men were taught building trades, auto mechanics, landscaping, etc. Schools also taught home economics that taught food preparation, food chemistry, catering, and so on. All of my family and neighbors were self employed because that was the norm during that era. Businesses were operated in your home. Mothers always had a piano in the house and taught music lessons. Accountants did business from home. Cooks sold foods. Vegetables and fruits were sold from trucks. Seafood was sold by order, candies and cakes were sold from home, and so on. To date items are sold online which causes a lot of people to have too much time to sit idle and get depressed.
Gangs are stealing merchandise and selling online to people all over the world.
Black people need another Booker Taliaferro Washington to help black people to get out of their uncaring and hopelessness attitude that’s causing them to turn their frustration against each other. It takes an extremely madman to gun down a person and not feel sad.
the City's pensions are @ $30 Million short and he's dreaming up ways to give money away. Get away
ReplyDeleteAgain, I'm all for Reparations just like the Japanese Americans that got reparations.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese got reparations only to the ones that were locked up.Not to their estates or next of kin.
Another democrat scam to steal tax payer dollars.
ReplyDeleteI am fed up with discussions about slavery. My great grandfather was a Virginia slave and great grandmother was a slave in South Carolina and a Geechie. My grandmother was born in 1890, and discussed how her parents and siblings relocated to Louisiana to start a new life of freedom. We never discussed slavery and were advised to use our energy to learn everything available to become well-trained to be able to earn a living to prevent becoming another slave. We were called colored and negroes, and never called African for obvious reasons.
ReplyDeleteBooker T Washington was highly respected and able to appeal to wealthy businessmen and politicians to reach out to freed people who provided books, schools, equipment, training, employment, and and so on to aid in a life of freedom. All free people worked together to help each other. All of my people owned their own business and hired neighbors. Owning a business was emphasized because free people had to build their living environment, communities, schools, recreation, foods, healthcare, and so on. Wealthy Jews were called a blessing because they reached out to provide educational materials, equipment, employment, etc. Spiegel’s group helped. Sears Roebuck group helped. Rockefeller, and many wealthy businessmen along with wealthy politicians helped.
During a crisis where too many people are in dire need of help, the best way to solve that crisis is to call on the highly skilled, wealthy group, and so on to donate services, equipment, manpower, expertise, leadership, training, education, and so on to bring about needed change. Handing a sum of money to certain individuals will not solve the problems because they will spend the money and the problem will continue to exist.
Don’t compare the situation with the Japanese to slavery of black Americans. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I was a young child in New Orleans and heard President Roosevelt say on the radio that we were at war and the Japanese are our enemies and shall pay. They were rounded up and placed in camps, and all of their belongings and property was taken. The bomb was made by chemists at The University of Chicago. We lived in fear as children because there were blackouts at night, sirens, ships entering the docks from Europe with crying Italians and Jews, food shortages because factories were busy making weapons and materials for war instead of processing foods and consumer products, war planes were flying to the Pacific each day to fight, etc. War is no joke.
ReplyDeleteReparations to the Japanese were made years after the war ended by refunding a sum of money as compensation for what was taken from the individuals during the war when they were placed in camps. Reparations to black Americans in 2024 because their ancestors were slaves will never occur because it is not possible to calculate and identify who should be the recipients and their location throughout the United States. Hopefully the mayor will focus on realistic ways to solve the crisis people of Chicago are facing because mailing reparations checks to Chicago cronies will start a war among black people located in all states who did not receive their share. Peace!