Steyer: U.S. reparations for slavery will help 'repair the damage'

[The_Waco_Kid]

Steyer plays the race card in an attempt to save his failing campaign ..



Steyer doesn't know his history. he doesn't know (won't admit) that slavery is the fault of blacks selling their own into slavery.



next week .. Steyer will say the US should pay reparations to Japan for Pearl Harbor!!



Steyer: U.S. reparations for slavery will help 'repair the damage'

https://news.yahoo.com/steyer-us-rep...225252324.html


NEW YORK — Billionaire and presidential candidate Tom Steyer reiterated his support Wednesday for reparations for African-Americans suffering from the legacy of slavery.
“We would retell the story over the last 401 years so everybody understands not just the legalized, institutionalized injustice in racism — which is definitely a huge part of this story — but also the contribution of the African-American community,” Steyer said in an interview with Yahoo News’ “Hot Mic With Brittany Shepherd.” “I don’t think we can be the country that we want to be until we acknowledge the past and move to accept the mistakes this country made that are dramatic and obvious, and then repair the damage.”
A Fox News poll released in early January showed Steyer in second place behind former Vice President Joe Biden in South Carolina, a state with a large African-American population.
“To be clear, I talk about race very explicitly,” Steyer said when asked why he is making considerable gains in the Democratic race in this key early state. He argued that his willingness to step out on a policy ledge, so to speak, makes him appealing to voters of color who might feel ignored by others.

Tom Steyer interviewed on "Hot Mic With Brittany Shepherd" at the Build Studio in New York. (Screengrab: Build/Yahoo News)“I believe that in every major policy area, there is an unspoken area about race,” Steyer added. “For instance, I’m saying climate is my No. 1 priority. I’m also saying our climate plan is called a justice-based climate plan. And it starts in the communities, like say, Denmark, S.C., or Flint, Mich., where people can’t drink the water. We know who lives there: African-Americans. We know who lives in the San Joaquin Valley where people can’t drink the water safely out of the taps: low-income Latinos.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is the only other remaining Democratic candidate in the race to have come out in favor of reparations for slavery, but after telling the New York Times last year that she supports them, she has also said she favors studying the proposal further. Nearly every other candidate supports a House bill that would establish a body to research reparations.
Critics say the overarching reason Steyer has made such strides is that he is flooding the markets in early states with millions of dollars in advertisements — a strategy that his rival Andrew Yang believed would be a turnoff to voters.
Steyer, who made his fortune as a hedge fund manager, bristled at that notion, saying instead that his straight talk about race, as well as his willingness to establish a presidential commission on racial justice, puts him at a tactical advantage.

[gnadfly]

Who's this Steyer guy?

[Levianon17]

Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid

Steyer plays the race card in an attempt to save his failing campaign ..



Steyer doesn't know his history. he doesn't know (won't admit) that slavery is the fault of blacks selling their own into slavery.



next week .. Steyer will say the US should pay reparations to Japan for Pearl Harbor!!



Steyer: U.S. reparations for slavery will help 'repair the damage'

https://news.yahoo.com/steyer-us-rep...225252324.html


NEW YORK — Billionaire and presidential candidate Tom Steyer reiterated his support Wednesday for reparations for African-Americans suffering from the legacy of slavery.
“We would retell the story over the last 401 years so everybody understands not just the legalized, institutionalized injustice in racism — which is definitely a huge part of this story — but also the contribution of the African-American community,” Steyer said in an interview with Yahoo News’ “Hot Mic With Brittany Shepherd.” “I don’t think we can be the country that we want to be until we acknowledge the past and move to accept the mistakes this country made that are dramatic and obvious, and then repair the damage.”
A Fox News poll released in early January showed Steyer in second place behind former Vice President Joe Biden in South Carolina, a state with a large African-American population.
“To be clear, I talk about race very explicitly,” Steyer said when asked why he is making considerable gains in the Democratic race in this key early state. He argued that his willingness to step out on a policy ledge, so to speak, makes him appealing to voters of color who might feel ignored by others.

Tom Steyer interviewed on "Hot Mic With Brittany Shepherd" at the Build Studio in New York. (Screengrab: Build/Yahoo News)“I believe that in every major policy area, there is an unspoken area about race,” Steyer added. “For instance, I’m saying climate is my No. 1 priority. I’m also saying our climate plan is called a justice-based climate plan. And it starts in the communities, like say, Denmark, S.C., or Flint, Mich., where people can’t drink the water. We know who lives there: African-Americans. We know who lives in the San Joaquin Valley where people can’t drink the water safely out of the taps: low-income Latinos.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is the only other remaining Democratic candidate in the race to have come out in favor of reparations for slavery, but after telling the New York Times last year that she supports them, she has also said she favors studying the proposal further. Nearly every other candidate supports a House bill that would establish a body to research reparations.
Critics say the overarching reason Steyer has made such strides is that he is flooding the markets in early states with millions of dollars in advertisements — a strategy that his rival Andrew Yang believed would be a turnoff to voters.
Steyer, who made his fortune as a hedge fund manager, bristled at that notion, saying instead that his straight talk about race, as well as his willingness to establish a presidential commission on racial justice, puts him at a tactical advantage.

Steyer is a dummy. None of us were alive during slavery. Only a stupid desperate fucking Democrat would bring up the subject of reparations.

[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by gnadfly

Who's this Steyer guy?

another rich blowhard. he's kinda like Bloomie junior from california.

[Jackie S]

I wonder how people like Oprah, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Denzel Washington, LeBron James, etc will spend their check?

[gnadfly]

Google and other media and SJW outlets must love the money guys like him and Bloomsy are pouring into adverts.

[friendly fred]

Originally Posted by Jackie S

I wonder how people like Oprah, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Denzel Washington, LeBron James, etc will spend their check?

So do I, plus I wonder about their privileged kids.

Nevertheless, we should pay a small amount of reparations in return for no longer having to put up with affirmative action/diversity/quotas - everyone succeeds or fails based upon ability and not race or sex.

Additionally, we should claw back half the fortune of billionaires who support the idea of reparations.

[Unique_Carpenter]

We need to add in the religious persecution descendants from the Church of England oppression.
Perhaps the Irish potato famine descendants also.
And lets not forget the Scottish that fled after the Battle of Culloden in 1746

[rexdutchman]

not this again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[oeb11]

Steyer is a rich kalifornian who worships at the altar of Al Sharpton.
Shameless pandering to buy black votes.

[nevergaveitathought]

Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter

We need to add in the religious persecution descendants from the Church of England oppression.
Perhaps the Irish potato famine descendants also.
And lets not forget the Scottish that fled after the Battle of Culloden in 1746

nah wrong color

[oeb11]

NGIT - despite having only elderly white candidates - the Fascist DPST's are still desperate to hold onto their Plantation minorities.

You are correct - they are pandering desperately - vote for me and I will pay you!!!

[Unique_Carpenter]

What's color got to do with oppression?

[oeb11]

Serious satire - how many times has Al Sharpton used the "oppression" word - One of his favorites.

[Unique_Carpenter]

Oeb,
Exactly