Distorting the Message

Recently, I had the displeasure of conversing with someone over an article pawning itself off as a push toward reparations. Now, I understand that many ADOS people want to see change and have been motivated by different messages floating around. However, listen, study, and learn before giving your opinion. People aren’t able to tell if you’re well-read or dimwitted if you don’t say anything. So, you remain an enigma. It’s better to be a mystery than a dimwit. The Daily Northwestern’s article is clearly a thinly disguised welfare article pawning itself off as a reparations article. It talks about granting property tax relief for Black people that are longtime residential property owners. This is far too stripped down to qualify as reparations. Also, it grants relief on down payments and rental assistance. This already exists. We have Habitat for Humanity that does this for single mothers. Also, it’s not enough to qualify as reparations.
“Ideas for the reparations plan will move to a subcommittee, which will include Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th), Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) and legal staff. Rue Simmons recommended the subcommittee focus on areas such as homeownership opportunities, preservation of existing homeownership and expanding entrepreneurship in the community. -Cassidy Wang”
This sounds great, right? -TheKing_65
“The commission also suggested economic aid for black residents, including workforce training, repurposing the Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center as a workspace and the provision of low-interest loans for entrepreneurs. -Cassidy Wang”
This is what they meant. Does this sound like reparations? Their reparations are more of a lift act for Black people. Their economic balancing of the scales is so subtle it simply broadens welfare to encompass all Black people—instead of just women. That’s not reparations. We don’t need more job training. Black women are the most educated group in the country. They’re also the poorest group in the country. So, we don’t need more training. We need MONEY. Entrepreneurial loans aren’t reparations. Business grants are reparations. Furthermore, what good does job training do for Black people when we’re not getting hired in the first place? This article distorts what reparations are. Reparations are evening out the playing field. It’s not a subtle lift so that our conditions aren’t as horrible.
Now, people that get misled by this need to listen more, study more, and learn more before speaking up.

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