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starwomyn 70F
5508 posts
6/19/2017 8:34 pm

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REPARATION-40Acres&aMULE!!!!!
Our SAYMA Yearly Meeting focused on the topic of Lifting Up Racial Justiced Last year, the meeting was focused on Unraveling Racism. It got really ugly. I suspect the reason we covered this topic AGAIN was to get it right this year.

Politically Incorrect or otherwise, I felt like smacking the Goddess of Discord who created so much chaos last year. I felt like knocking her soapbox by hitting her in the azzzzzz with a slingshot. I contained myself. Lecturing Quakers about racism is like preaching to the choir. They were the ones who organized and ran the Underground Railroad.

I told myself that I would not attend any workshops on Racism however one was being ran by an individual that I highly respect so I opted to go. The topic was reparation.

Some of my thoughts on the topic.

Is slavery that occurred over 150 years ago the cause of problems that some modern day black Americans experience? White indentured servants worked along side slaves and were often more harshly treated. The Irish costs less than the slave. There were Japanese Internment camps. Holocaust survivors migrated to the United States.

Granted black Americans have been treated worse than other group but other groups bounced back with regardless of how their ancestors were treated in the past.

Is it possible that reparation has already been paid. Affirmation Action, Equal Housing Opportunity, Educational Scholarships. Who pays it and who gets it.

Abracadabra
starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
6/19/2017 8:35 pm
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MrsJoe 76F
17367 posts
6/19/2017 9:00 pm

 I agree with your thoughts, and another thought I have is.......... just how many of those who feel so oppressed really do, or is it just the politically correct way to feel to get something for nothing? Another question...... how many people can actually trace their family back to the days of slavery in the USA? I would venture to guess that most of us, of all colors, have ancestors that came to the USA long after the Civil War.
Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
6/19/2017 9:28 pm

 I have a great grandmother from Ireland and a great grandmother from England who came to the United States across the Canadian boarder in the 1800's. My paternal 2nd Great Grandparents came to the Kentucky from Germany in 1860 just in time for the Civil War. The rest of them came in the 1600's. Some of the branches owned slaves, other branches did not. I have ancestors who fought on both sides of the Revolutionary War, both sides of the Civil War, and both sides of WWII. I owe reparation to EVERYONE!!!!!
Abracadabra


hermitinthecity 70M
1696 posts
6/20/2017 2:58 am

 Some want to use the race card to further their own agenda, whether it's just plain hate or a handout, it's that simple.
Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.


MrsJoe 76F
17367 posts
6/20/2017 5:02 am
    Quoting starwomyn:
    I have a great grandmother from Ireland and a great grandmother from England who came to the United States across the Canadian boarder in the 1800's. My paternal 2nd Great Grandparents came to the Kentucky from Germany in 1860 just in time for the Civil War. The rest of them came in the 1600's. Some of the branches owned slaves, other branches did not. I have ancestors who fought on both sides of the Revolutionary War, both sides of the Civil War, and both sides of WWII. I owe reparation to EVERYONE!!!!!
Impressive. So your great grandma sneaked into the country through Canada, eh?
My American tree doesn't go back so far. I know that my maternal great great grandparents came here from Germany and settled in this area in the late 1800s. The house in which they lived and raised my grandma, who later lived there and raised her family, is no longer standing, but I can still walk through it in my mind.
The same with Joe's family from Italy. Some came in the late 19th century, but most in the early 20th.
Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
6/22/2017 6:56 pm
    Quoting MrsJoe:
    Impressive. So your great grandma sneaked into the country through Canada, eh?
    My American tree doesn't go back so far. I know that my maternal great great grandparents came here from Germany and settled in this area in the late 1800s. The house in which they lived and raised my grandma, who later lived there and raised her family, is no longer standing, but I can still walk through it in my mind.
    The same with Joe's family from Italy. Some came in the late 19th century, but most in the early 20th.
Both of my Great Grandmothers were toddlers when they came to the United States through Canada. It was not that uncommon for the Irish to head to Canada because of the Famine and eventually migrate to the United States. The Irish were also treated badly when they came to the United States but they were dying of green mouth in Ireland and moved to refuge camps in Canada. Once they got out, they headed to the United States.
Abracadabra




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