Black Farmers

top 3 threads right now are titled "Nazis", "Jewish" and "Black farmers"

No, I'm actually serious. Here's a link

http://tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=13958

And another

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/22/headlines/senate_approves_billion_dollar_settlements_for_native_americans_and_african_americans

1.15 billion?


BILLION?





CASH MONEY SKRILLIONAIRES. FRESH OUT THE DEALERSHIP HEADED STRAIGHT TO THE RIM SHOP.

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sorry

but seriously. what credible reason can a farmer have to sue for 1.5 billion? that's crazy.

I mean you can roll your ankle in a pot hole and sue for 100k. The world we live in

thats a lot of money..

My attempt to put things in perspective..

"The Senate has unanimously approved two multi-billion-dollar settlements to resolve longstanding lawsuits over the mismanagement of Native American land trusts dating back to the nineteenth century and discrimination complaints filed by African-American farmers against the U.S Department of Agriculture. Some $3.4 billion will be paid out to more than 300,000 Native Americans to settle claims over unpaid royalties on seized lands. Black farmers will receive just more than $1.1 billion."
>From the link originally posted above: http://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/22/headlines/senate_approves_billion_dollar_settlements_for_native_americans_and_african_americans


   Well, with a unanimous decision I'd have to assume there was a pretty good reason for this payout. Also note, the money is split with much more (more than 3X the amount) going to buy back Native American lands. Not to mention, farmers (of any race) are typically the ones struggling to get by while also providing our country with much needed goods. I wouldn't say this is necessarily an undeserving group.

   Note this CNN list of 2009 bank bailouts:
>http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/storysupplement/bankbailout/
Specifically, "Total purchase amount: $204,808,576,320"
That's 204 billion dollars right now, which is bigger than this payout by a wide margin. This is the government we're talking about here, huge sums of money are thrown around all the time.

Yes, but the story on CNN said Black Farmers are getting paid

Yes, Black farmers getting paid

And the picture they showed was a black farmer in a cotton field on a blue tractor

CNN forgot to mention the other facts......

Well if its not on twitter how are they supposed to report!?

any farmer, doesn't matter what color you are, could use the money. think of it as a subsidy in disguise.

I'm confused..? You confirmed, black farmers are getting paid. And I agree, it seems black farmers are indeed getting paid. And yes, they did have a picture of a black farmer, who will be getting paid, accompanying the article. So what was the issue here? What exactly are the "other facts" which CNN forgot to mention? All the articles I've seen seem to have similar information. Why is this even controversial? If you take issue with this payout, there must be some reason. Care to enlighten us on your specific ideas?

And I assume this is the CNN article you're referencing: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/19/black.farmers/index.html

I was actually talking about the show, i didn't read that article

They forgot to mention about Native Americans getting paid also, along with other farmers getting paid

Had you seen the show, you would LOL too

I never said it was controversial, hell, I never stated my views on it, I'm just saying CNN said black farmers are getting paid

Also worth mentioning, this bill has not yet been approved by the House.

Again I got this information from the above mentioned CNN article.
"The measure will now have to be approved by the lame duck House before moving to Obama's desk to be signed into law."
That link again is: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/19/black.farmers/index.html

And again, I didn't read that article

I was watching CNN

Article>Show
Probably

Oh, hahaha okay. Well yeah I guess they just suck at reporting lol. Guess that's why I don't usually watch the tv news. There's not enough time to cover stories in depth when they swap between serious issues and bullshit celebrity sitings to keep the average dumbass viewer's attention.

Is this the same as those bullshit cases from years ago where the lazy ass relatives of slaves wanted millions in compensation with interest? I know there were some lazy mother fuckers trying to pull that shit. Trying to get money because 200 years they're distant ancestors were slaves. I'm against slavery, but nobody living today had anything to do with it. I think at a certain point you just move on.


In a haze these days, I pull up to the stoplight. I can feel that something's not right. I can feel that someone's blasting me with hate and bass, sendin dirty vibes my way, cause my great great great great grandad, made someone's great great great great grandaddy slaves
it wasn't my idea
it wasn't my idea
it never was my idea

Sorry, posted that before I saw your reply, See above. Definitely agree, article > show.

exactly haha

I never watch news on tv, but for some reason it was on, and it was literally my first time watching the news in probably a solid few months, and all i hear is "black farmers getting paid"


Now that you showed me that article, will I read it, maybe.....I tend to get my news from Aljazeera and Huffington Post, not CNN

Woo, more controversy.

Also, that isn't even what this is about. This is about a recent issue from the 1980's and the 1990's.
"For years now, John Boyd has divided his time between growing soybeans and pressuring Congress. Fighting for tens of thousands of black farmers like himself, discriminated against by the Department of Agriculture in the 1980s and 90s." ref:http://www.necn.com/11/21/10/Senate-approves-final-portion-of-pay-out/landing_business.html?blockID=357659&feedID=4209

So you don't think that the actions of those hundreds of years ago have ANY sort of repercussions in today's society? All is said and done, it's okay now?

Because it's not.. Equality is still a huge issue in the US. Yes, even if slavery ended hundreds of years ago. And yes, it's still a problem. My family has a history of persecution, with both sides having gone through two separate GENOCIDES. Neither side had anyone living in or even near the US during any time period remotely close to the era of slavery. And yet I still recognize there's an issue in the US. In short, don't forget your countries history, or you're damned to repeat it. Even if you don't realize it. Because obviously no one is actually a slave owner anymore, but the issue manifests itself in other ways. Educate yourself.

I didn't read the article. I was just asking if that's what this was about.

"So you don't think that the actions of those hundreds of years ago have ANY sort of repercussions in today's society? All is said and done, it's okay now?

Because it's not.. Equality is still a huge issue in the US. Yes, even if slavery ended hundreds of years ago. And yes, it's still a problem. My family has a history of persecution, with both sides having gone through two separate GENOCIDES. Neither side had anyone living in or even near the US during any time period remotely close to the era of slavery. And yet I still recognize there's an issue in the US. In short, don't forget your countries history, or you're damned to repeat it. Even if you don't realize it. Because obviously no one is actually a slave owner anymore, but the issue manifests itself in other ways. Educate yourself."

Putting educate at the end, sorry but you're the naive one here. I am all about equality, I always have been. You make it seem as though I'm trying to say that what happened in the past was deserving. That's not it at all. The problem is, holding somebody accountable 200 years later that is generations and generations separated from anything that happened, is straight wrong. These people didn't put people in slavery, they had nothing to do with it. At the same time, the lazy people demanding handouts, were not the ones in slavery. Just because they found a link in their family tree to someone who was a slave, doesn't entitle them to sue for a bunch of money. They didn't put that muscle into the fields, they weren't the ones oppressed, and frankly their just too damn lazy to work for it instead insisting they're owed all this money.




Fuck, I just re read your post one more time. every time you sound more ignorant.

" My family has a history of persecution, with both sides having gone through two separate GENOCIDES" Good for them, non applicable.

" And yet I still recognize there's an issue in the US. In short, don't forget your countries history, or you're damned to repeat it." Believe me, I recognize the problems in our country. Please point out where I ever said things were in any way perfect. And for history? I probably know history a lot better than you.



"Because obviously no one is actually a slave owner anymore, but the issue manifests itself in other ways. Educate yourself." god you you're ignorant. Not even trolling here, your post is really that bad

stop posting so much garbage every day, you are making NSG suck.

Good economic stimulus.