{"id":9346,"date":"2016-09-27T21:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2016-09-27T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:03:11","slug":"u-s-owes-black-people-reparations-for-a-history-of-racial-terrorism-says-u-n-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/u-s-owes-black-people-reparations-for-a-history-of-racial-terrorism-says-u-n-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of \u2018racial terrorism,\u2019 says U.N. panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_1484w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2016\/09\/14\/Style\/Images\/2016-09-14T191028Z_01_WAS219_RTRIDSP_3_USA-MUSEUM.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Reparations? How about we start by forcing the cops to stop killing unarmed black people and treating people of color as if they were some subset of America that needs additional policing? That would be a start in reparations&#8230;you know&#8230;actually giving Americans of Color the same rights as White Americans. Just because the Declaration of Independence only applied to white people, doesn&#8217;t mean that Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness should STILL be denied on basis of race 240 fucking years later. 150 years after slavery was officially ended. Don&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s time we practice what we preach? Liberty and Justice For ALL!?? The best reparations would be to ACTUALLY end discrimination. Then maybe force rich white people to end poverty in America. Because poverty the OTHER way America still shits on people of color. We (tacitly, thru our representatives) allow Americans to live in poverty because &#8220;those people are lazy&#8221; or whatever stereotyped bullshit excuse they create. We allow people of color&#8230;and poor people in general&#8230; to be denied healthcare or expensive, life saving drugs because they cannot afford it&#8230;who the fuck are we, America? Making sure No American Citizen starves or is denied medicine should come first&#8230;THEN profits for huge corporations and uber wealthy citizens. THAT is Liberty and Justice for ALL, and who would give a shit about &#8220;reparations&#8221; if our government actually protected us from exploitation for greed? If black people no longer had to live in fear of homelessness, starvation, or death because medicine cost too much, don&#8217;t you think that would go a long way toward &#8220;repairing&#8221; the relationship with their government?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wapo.st\/2cA4Y0B\">http:\/\/wapo.st\/2cA4Y0B<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reparations? How about we start by forcing the cops to stop killing unarmed black people and treating people of color as if they were some subset of America that needs additional policing? That would be a start in reparations&#8230;you know&#8230;actually giving Americans of Color the same rights as White Americans. Just because the Declaration of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-9346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11851,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/us-mint-and-treasury-announce-a-black-woman-will-be-lady-liberty-on-new-currency\/","url_meta":{"origin":9346,"position":0},"title":"US Mint and Treasury announce a black woman will be Lady Liberty on new currency","date":"January 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Really cool. Somehow it seems almost more appropriate that Lady liberty is a woman of color. The design is beautiful as well.http:\/\/bit.ly\/2inMJhS","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17993,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/crows-appear-to-have-type-of-consciousness-only-seen-in-humans-and-primates\/","url_meta":{"origin":9346,"position":1},"title":"Crows appear to have type of consciousness \u2018only seen in humans and primates\u2019","date":"September 30, 2020","format":"image","excerpt":"Crows are not your average bird. I learned long ago not to mess with them...they hold grudges and demand reparations. I'm also fairly sure they conspire together, and co-opt other species into cooperation against humans who have wronged them. I am saying all this from personal experience. 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Courts have decided and will continue to decide that it is unconstitutional, and we all know what it REALLY is: A tool which allows law enforcement to terrorize citizens of color selectively, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17957,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2020\/08\/just-thinking-by-jamie-gray-2020-08-29t190740-000z\/","url_meta":{"origin":9346,"position":3},"title":"Just Thinking&#8230;by Jamie Gray 2020-08-29T19:07:40.000Z","date":"August 29, 2020","format":"image","excerpt":"Racism at the Park-N-Ride Today (yesterday actually), I was having a socially distanced conversation with a good friend at a park-n-ride in Newtown CT. Suddenly, a car full of assholes goes by, shouting racial slurs aimed at the yarmulke wearing jews across the parking lot. On their Sabbath. 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