Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Reperations for what happened ages ago in Haiti? Not even in us—wow,
Nobody alive today was a slave. Nobody alive today was a slave-owner.
Need I say more?
And furthermore – the north banned slavery. Slavery was banned in Illinois. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on 1/1/1863, and Evanston wasn’t even formally incorporated until 12/29/1863. There have never been slaves in Evanston, and in fact, free communities of african americans had been living in Evanston since 1840. Evanston may have been the most anti-slavery town in Illinois in the 1800’s. It’s absolutely absurd that 150 years after the end of the civil war, the most anti-slavery towns are now themselves PAYING REPARATIONS for the sins of others – southerners – thousands of miles away. It’s such an illogical… Read more »
Will this be the end of reparations, or, just the beginning?