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JustInTime2_ 2 points ago +5 / -3

Now stop this type of bigotry of lack of self-agency. It is a choice to conduct or not conduct crime. Please just stop it. You same statement can be said of Whites who live in the mountains.

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thekindlyman555 0 points ago +3 / -3

I'm not saying that they don't have agency. I'm saying that many, many black people have very few good options right now aside from crimes and gangs.

In fact my whole point hinges on giving them opportunities for them to use their agency to better themselves and their communities.

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JustInTime2_ 3 points ago +4 / -1

Again, stop with the lies. Nah, you are making the same argument that Slave owners were making in order to continue slavery. You should think long and hard about what you are saying. Believe me I do. It say this lightly.

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Damadhatter 1 point ago +2 / -1

Literally there are entire urban communities where there aren’t even grocery stores for them to shop for food at. They rely completely on church charity to bring foods to where they are. Investing money in these impoverished communities isn’t reparations at all and I don’t understand your slave owner analogy. I think you’re taking a very loose interpretation of reparations to make your point seem valid.

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JustInTime2_ 2 points ago +2 / -0

Guess you have not gone to the foot hills of West Virginia & Kentucky. Are these people any less than Blacks in the inner city?

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thekindlyman555 0 points ago +1 / -1

Wanting to encourage blacks to get educations, training, form businesses, make stable families and buying houses is the same argument as slave owners? Ok bro.

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JustInTime2_ 1 point ago +1 / -0

Turn this all you want, your argument of lack of self-agency is what slaveholders used to argue against releasing slaves before and after the Civil War.