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Thunderchief's avatar

People also forget about our minority owned business contracting program - this SBA's 8(a) program. Every year the government moves 25-50 billion dollars per year through this program. This figure includes both direct 8(a) set-aside awards (approx. $25B in 2023) and a broader estimate that accounts for extensions, sole-source follow-ons, and vehicles with 8(a) eligibility that do not register under narrow reporting filters. True impact likely exceeds official tallies, I've been working on a report we'll see if I finish it. This piece by Judge Glock talks about it - A Federal Agency Is Awarding Contracts Based on “Discrimination Essays” - https://www.city-journal.org/article/small-business-administration-federal-contracts-race-discrimination-essays

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The American Tribune's avatar

Excellent point, this is yet another one

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Stratum Press's avatar

At this point, whenever I hear politicized terms that include “justice” they end up being demands for charity or revenge based on envy and ineptitude.

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The American Tribune's avatar

Indeed

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Daniel Kennedy's avatar

I note that Great Society programs have cost a total of $22 trillion (as of 2017). Let's say that half of that went to black people/families.

So we have sent $11 trillion since the '60s to blacks. We have already paid "reparations" many times over.

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The American Tribune's avatar

Yes, there is that as well

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Kathy Christian's avatar

They won't be satisfied until the country has been transformed into another Haiti.

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Sage Alfields's avatar

We've had way more than two. "Reconstruction" after the Civil War put the entire South in the hands of the blacks who utterly squandered it.

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david bennett's avatar

Zimbabwefication and Mugabeism = Goblinization: a widely used moniker for Mugabe in Zimbabwe was 'The Goblin.' The name featured in a famous Zimbabwe Supreme Court trial in 2012 as it was illegal to criticize Mugabe. Therefore we are witnessing the Goblinization of America according to the terminology current during Mugabe's misrule.

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Jonathan Carroll's avatar

I’m sure there are many more. Look up the Fannie and Freddie SPCPs touted by the Biden FHFA as a way of reducing “homeownership equity” by providing loan assistance to people living in majority-nonwhite areas.

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The American Tribune's avatar

Yeah there is all that stuff too, which is a huge problem

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Rocío Matamoros's avatar

Congratulations on the invitation from Matt Gaetz! I'm glad to see that you're gaining some attention in loftier circles.

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The American Tribune's avatar

Thank you! Yeah that was a cool moment

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Isaac Simpson's avatar

there's an actual real active reparations program in my hometown of Evanston, IL

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The American Tribune's avatar

Ah yes, the state stuff is insane too

I meant federal as in the national government is doing this instead of some retarded local politicians, as we’ve all seen those cases in the news.

But this is a good point of clarification, I’ll add that in the article

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Hello, I am Chinese

If you are willing to take a sophistry attitude to face the question you mentioned

Then all existing non-African humans migrated from Africa more than 200,000 years ago.

Can you think that they were persecuted in Africa, otherwise how could they be willing to travel around the world with their legs and make heavy sacrifices?

If this logic holds true, should all existing non-African races collectively demand compensation from African descendants? Compensate them for driving the ancestors of all non-Africans out of the African continent 200,000 years ago?

We Chinese have persecuted and killed other ethnic groups countless times in the history of more than 2,000 years, castrated their men as legal slaves, etc.

For this reason, we have not conducted any reflection, even if there is, it is only symbolic.

I mean, maybe you can refer to Chinese history. Sometimes I think your moral standards are a little too high, and this is where you white Christians are easily taken advantage of. Please stop being taken advantage of. Many are simply taking advantage of your white Christian moral standards.

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The Hidden Clinic's avatar

This is from Scroll XVI of my project The Hidden Clinic. I wrote it as a prayer—not a statement. Not for applause. Just rhythm for witness. https://thehiddenclinic.substack.com/p/to-the-ones-who-were-set-on-fire

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Julie's avatar

We fought the Civil War a half 1 billion of our boys died so we’re square we’re even

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