NBC News Evanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Blacks

  • oeb11
  • 03-23-2021, 08:52 AM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ev...aiD?li=BBorjTa




EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery.
© Provided by NBC News The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. Each qualifying household would receive $25,000 for home repairs or down payments on property.

The program is being funded through donations and revenue from a 3% tax on the sale of recreational marijuana. The city has pledged to distribute $10 million over 10 years.
Qualifying residents must either have lived in or been a direct descendant of a Black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and who suffered discrimination in housing because of city ordinances, policies or practices.
Alderman Rue Simmons, who proposed the program that was adopted in 2019, said pro-reparations groups have offered pro-bono legal assistance if the program is challenged in court.
“This is set aside for an injured community that happens to be Black, that was injured by the city of Evanston for anti-Black housing policies,” Simmons said.
The City Council acted after dozens of citizens addressed the body and the plan received some pushback from several.
Alderman Cicely Fleming, the lone vote against the plan, said she supports reparations, but what the City Council was debating is a housing plan that is being called reparations. She said the people should dictate the terms of how their grievances are repaired. Fleming described the program as paternalistic, and it assumes Black people can’t manage their own money.
Hundreds of communities and organizations across the country are considering providing reparations to Black people. They range from the state of California to cities like Amherst, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, Asheville, North Carolina, and Iowa City, Iowa; religious denominations like the Episcopal Church; and prominent colleges like Georgetown University in Washington.
The efforts, some of which have been underway for years, have gained momentum in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd last May. President Joe Biden has even expressed support for creating a federal commission to study Black reparations, a proposal that’s languished for decades in Congress.




More spending by the DPST to purchase the voter fraud of teh party ownership of teh 'OBLM and Antifa terrorist 'voters'.

and - How many people in America have been legally slaves today???
Slavery ended over 150 years ago. ( President Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation - remember - but DPST's say No - Lincoln was a r////t"!!!)
This is just pandering and more racial divisive welfare to purchase votes.


'Give a man a fish - you feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.



That approach is anathema to the DPST tax and spend wealth re-distribution turn America into Venezuela idiot DPST's!
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  • 03-23-2021, 09:03 AM
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'Give a man a fish - you feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.



That approach is anathema to the DPST tax and spend wealth re-distribution turn America into Venezuela idiot DPST's! Originally Posted by oeb11
So you are opposed to inherited wealth?

Lotta fish given away in that scenario of inherited wealth. Or do you disagree and why , if so.
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There is no claim to anything until North America is given back to the Indians.
Evanston can do it now since they got part of the 1.9 trillion dollar payoff

although Evanston is a very rich town with high per capita income and a lot of white guilt

the dims know how to do the round robbin payoff from way back

they've done the circular money flow with unions for ever

we cant pass reparations but we can pay you and you can pay them

and then to where does the burden pass? well yeah
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Basic union tactics. You vote for us, we pay you with tax dollars, well, if you are the "right" color.
Evanston can do it now since they got part of the 1.9 trillion dollar payoff

although Evanston is a very rich town with high per capita income and a lot of white guilt

the dims know how to do the round robbin payoff from way back

they've done the circular money flow with unions for ever

we cant pass reparations but we can pay you and you can pay them

and then to where does the burden pass? well yeah Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
Is this the same Ill. town that banned AR15s?
Is this the same Ill. town that banned AR15s? Originally Posted by gnadfly
not sure if this is the latest

but I'm here to please

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/..._Law/6-742843/?
'Give a man a fish - you feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. Originally Posted by oeb11
Build a man a fire, you keep him warm for the night.
Set a man on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
-Terry Pratchett

although Evanston is a very rich town with high per capita income and a lot of white guilt Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
Fuck yeah it does. I never met anyone from Evanston who wasn't insufferable.

we cant pass reparations but we can pay you and you can pay them

and then to where does the burden pass? well yeah Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
Yeah, these "reparations" are money getting passed from the City to the banks these people are paying rents/mortgages to. The people never see a dime of it.
  • oeb11
  • 03-23-2021, 04:39 PM
Build a man a fire, you keep him warm for the night.
Set a man on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
-Terry Pratchett


Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, LA, San Francisco, chicago, Baltimore, NY, DC - and other DPST - run shithole cities .

Took that to heart.
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The DPST clowns what the whole country to be ^^ see above cities
dilbert firestorm's Avatar
not sure if this is the latest

but I'm here to please

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/..._Law/6-742843/? Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought
Thanks.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/..._Law/6-742843/ Originally Posted by gnadfly

its from 2008.
Deerfield IL banned AR15s in 2018. Judge threw it out in 2019.
Dunno if that is the final state of the matter.

Evanston IL is about 15 miles away from Deerfield IL.
dilbert firestorm's Avatar
the article is misleading. they're not the first city to offer reparations.