And so I did some research, and I found out that a foundational black American, or an american descendant of slavery, is one who was born in the United States as a direct descendant of slaves. And so, as a result, the foundational black Americans believe that there are some benefits that american born descendants of slaves should receive
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 4:52
And the biggest thing that I always think about is that they expect the american government, who will not give everyday citizens, across the board, healthcare, free college, which are much, much cheaper than reparations by trillions, much cheaper. They won't give it to everybody, but they're expecting to get this very small demographic
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 3:23
So also, you want to throw in the mix versus slavery versus inequality, which you spoke about in yours as well, too. But either way, when you bring them both together, still, the treatment was still unfair. And what happens, like you mentioned, also even going back to ancestry, when the ships came and took everybody from Africa and everybody was spread, it definitely affected everybody
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:27
I think that they're just following the narrative that we've been taught all of our lives is that if you're black, the reason why you're in America is because you came from a slave. And so people are just taking that and running with it and not really taking the time to trace their family roots. But I agree. If you are born on us soil, just like me, my parents are american, your parents are jamaican
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 2:57
So there were, you know, a lot of discrepancies in the story that we were told versus what was actually recorded in history. Nevertheless, because our black brothers and sisters from other nations are probably also descended from slavery, it didn't happen in the United States. But blacks in the United States are the only ones wanting reparations and wanting this foundational black american, you know, these benefits that come with that
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 2:00
Hey, good morning, Miss Coles. Al Cosby here, as always, say, stay blessed and keep inspiring. I want to thank you just for taking the time to reply to my reply. And again, I definitely agree with everything that you said. And interestingly, I remember when I was in college, instead of western civilization, I was actually able to take african american history
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 4:59
So we do have to hold ourselves accountable. We cannot continue to spend our emotional and spiritual capital and productivity on this piece of it. And this piece of it, I reference, calls for a separate society. It calls for separation. It calls for asking every other race to pay. To pay for this. Because America is built up of a lot of people. The Irish are here, too. The Italians are here. The Jews are here, the Jamaicans, the Mexicans are here
Michael Knight
@MK1981 · 4:12
And, you know, people kind of underestimate or ignore how much is actually done for our community. Like, before Social Security, black people weren't seeing, on average, we weren't getting beyond 60 years old, and not just because retirement ages 62 and plus. But you couldn't afford things like healthcare. That's why Medicaid and Medicare was so important to us. So these social programs that benefit everyone lifts us up too
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 3:03
I think that your default to what you think would work. I like that. And I'm sort of in there. I've seen how these social programs have been able to help. I've seen how affirmative faction has helped a lot of folks get an education. And the reality there is that they would not have been, you know, easily accessible to them had it not been for affirmative action. Great stories coming out of first generation educators, folks going to higher education and all of that