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How to fix the Native American Issue?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 20 Nov 10

I am being serious with this question. I am not being sarcastic nor snarky. I have seen a lot of responses lately about people comparing the Europeans taking North America away from the Native Americans and comparing that to the...

illegal immigrants

native americans

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Reparations

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 20 Nov 10

From 1887. The Senate just approved a $4.6 billion pay off for black farmers and Native Americans regarding racial discrimination and land royalties....

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Taking away the sins of the guilty prevents the answer to. Why?

TheGreatWhiteBuffalo @TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822) • United States 25 Nov 09

If the guilty are innocent then the innocent become guilty and if we don't look to the reasons that a situation has developed then we don't know how to arrive at an adequate reparation for the harm committed. Is this simple...

accuse the innocent

let the guilty go free

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Of All the Racist Gall, Pt 2: Enslaving the people of Africa

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 3 Sep 09

In part one we discussed the racism of American Lefties absolving some indiginous North American tribes of the crime of wholesale land theft... Since that can apparently only be done by White Europeans. In this part, we'll talk...

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Not this FECES again!

redyellowblackdog @redyellowblackdog (10629) • United States 10 Feb 09

Yes, it is true. The issue of reparations for the descendents of slaves in the U.S.A. has been raised yet once again. A bill to study the issue has been introduced in the House of...

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What do you think would lead to a modern Civil War?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 4 Nov 08

Disclaimer: This discussion should not be construed as me calling for, promoting or advocating civil war in today's United States of America. I am merely curious to hear what you all think would trigger the ultimate nightmare a...

unlawful orders

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Slavery and reparations

simonwallace @simonwallace (7) 23 Mar 07

Should the British government pay reparations for the slave trade? As the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire closes in this is a question many people are asking...

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Reverse racism and why I think black history month is racist

Ancilla @Ancilla (17) • United States 27 Feb 07

Before everyone gets mad at me for posting this, hear me out. I am not a racist. I think that our country has gone so far to repay the debt of slavery, that they have forced "non-minorities" into a situation where they are being...

black history month

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Reparations

black_halo @black_halo (20) 1 Sep 06

As a native american, I demand reparations from the white eyes that have stolen my lands. I should be riding free across the prairie, hunting buffalo, as if my birth right, instead of stuck in this crappy, polluted city of...

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