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There is a reason why Democrats don't want to do anything specifically for black people. There is a reason why they don't fight for reparations.
If you ask any of the vote blue no matter who crowd they will say it is because of the Republicans or that they will lose if they do that etc. or whatever other excuse they can come up with.
Truth is there are two reason. One borders on that. It's that like the Republicans the Democrats are courting the votes of racists. The Democrats know they won't get the flat out KKK, Neo Nazi, open white supremacist racists. They are hoping to get the vote of the casual racists. The closeted racist who has those thoughts and beliefs and may even say things at the dinner table at home but don't say these things publicly for fear of loss of a job or loss of business.
That's reason number 1.
The second reason is a bit more cynical. In order for white supremacy to survive there has to be a group that they keep oppressed. Black people are an easy target to do this to since white people hate us just by our mere existence. Police brutality happens to us more often because more black people are more often poor. Racist incidents happen to us more often because black are more often poor. Our water is tainted because we more often live in areas that are financially disadvantaged.
You can get rid of qualified immunity if you please but if the person doesn't even have money to hire an attorney does it really matter. Suing a police officer themself is different than suing the department or the city. Attorneys will pick up a case suing the city pro-bono because they know if they win there will be a large settlement and they will get a percentage of that. However the police officer doesn't have millions to pay out. So even if you win the case for millions against the officer they won't have the money to pay it. The attorney isn't going to take this on pro-bono because there isn't anything in it for them in the way of money.
The thing that would fix our situation more than anything is if the majority of us are lifted out of poverty and brought into the middle class or higher. If the thought becomes that black people are well off now and have resources to sue, or that black person may be someone important or related to someone important then police are going to think twice about their actions.
Young black people will no longer be targets of police because we will be able to get education and jobs and won't have to turn to selling drugs and crime for money. People don't do these things because they are bad people. They do it because they have no other choices. They are simply trying to survive. Given the choice most people will take a honest good paying job over crime.
All that said I'll get back to my point. Democrats don't want reparations passed in any form because it will work. Cash payments can be invested to start businesses and that will create wealth for black people and bring us higher on the spectrum financially. Cash payments could be used to pay tuition and get good paying jobs which will lead to higher home ownership and passing on of wealth. Heck even if the money is just used to buy life insurance the money from those policies gets passed on to the kids.
Even if the reparations aren't cash payments and come as free college for black people and we're the only ones that get the benefit then it will bring us higher financially. If the reparations are in the form of assistance with purchases of home then our home ownership rate increases and those homes are passed on to out kids. They now don't have to worry about a mortgage and can save their money and build wealth or use that money to start a business instead.
Anything that will benefit us specifically is going to create a class of black people within a generation that is wealthy and well off. That is why reparations in any form is rejected because it will work. It has a lot less to do with the politics of it and more to do with keeping us oppressed!
If you ask any of the vote blue no matter who crowd they will say it is because of the Republicans or that they will lose if they do that etc. or whatever other excuse they can come up with.
Truth is there are two reason. One borders on that. It's that like the Republicans the Democrats are courting the votes of racists. The Democrats know they won't get the flat out KKK, Neo Nazi, open white supremacist racists. They are hoping to get the vote of the casual racists. The closeted racist who has those thoughts and beliefs and may even say things at the dinner table at home but don't say these things publicly for fear of loss of a job or loss of business.
That's reason number 1.
The second reason is a bit more cynical. In order for white supremacy to survive there has to be a group that they keep oppressed. Black people are an easy target to do this to since white people hate us just by our mere existence. Police brutality happens to us more often because more black people are more often poor. Racist incidents happen to us more often because black are more often poor. Our water is tainted because we more often live in areas that are financially disadvantaged.
You can get rid of qualified immunity if you please but if the person doesn't even have money to hire an attorney does it really matter. Suing a police officer themself is different than suing the department or the city. Attorneys will pick up a case suing the city pro-bono because they know if they win there will be a large settlement and they will get a percentage of that. However the police officer doesn't have millions to pay out. So even if you win the case for millions against the officer they won't have the money to pay it. The attorney isn't going to take this on pro-bono because there isn't anything in it for them in the way of money.
The thing that would fix our situation more than anything is if the majority of us are lifted out of poverty and brought into the middle class or higher. If the thought becomes that black people are well off now and have resources to sue, or that black person may be someone important or related to someone important then police are going to think twice about their actions.
Young black people will no longer be targets of police because we will be able to get education and jobs and won't have to turn to selling drugs and crime for money. People don't do these things because they are bad people. They do it because they have no other choices. They are simply trying to survive. Given the choice most people will take a honest good paying job over crime.
All that said I'll get back to my point. Democrats don't want reparations passed in any form because it will work. Cash payments can be invested to start businesses and that will create wealth for black people and bring us higher on the spectrum financially. Cash payments could be used to pay tuition and get good paying jobs which will lead to higher home ownership and passing on of wealth. Heck even if the money is just used to buy life insurance the money from those policies gets passed on to the kids.
Even if the reparations aren't cash payments and come as free college for black people and we're the only ones that get the benefit then it will bring us higher financially. If the reparations are in the form of assistance with purchases of home then our home ownership rate increases and those homes are passed on to out kids. They now don't have to worry about a mortgage and can save their money and build wealth or use that money to start a business instead.
Anything that will benefit us specifically is going to create a class of black people within a generation that is wealthy and well off. That is why reparations in any form is rejected because it will work. It has a lot less to do with the politics of it and more to do with keeping us oppressed!
