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Singer Lauryn Hill Blames Slavery For Not Paying Her Taxes
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http://hiphopwired.com/2013/05/08/la...es-on-slavery/ “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them,” the New Jersey native told U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo.“I had an economic system imposed on me. Someone did the math, and it came to around $600 million. And I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt?” |
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She formed cogent sentences in establishing a complete non-sequitur. That doesn't mean she has a point.
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Well, perhaps you'd be willing to actually define what you see as the "severe racial gap" you just professed?
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It might be easier to buy into her position if she would have taken her money and moved back to Africa, but for some reason she had a way out of the oppression and stayed here.
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You can read about the advancement here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/us...hows.html?_r=0 Interestingly enough, another article came out on 2.27.13. This one says that the wealth gap between blacks and whites has nearly tripled in the last 25 years. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...owing/1948899/ Blacks also have more than twice the high school drop out rate than whites. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d...s/dt10_113.asp so, you either think these facts are due to blacks being categorically inferior to whites or it is due to a system that is stacked against them. EDIT: These were the first three things off the top of my head. I'm sure... voting rates. Percentage in elected office. Likelihood of being a victim of violent crime. Poverty rate. life span college degrees higher degrees and incalculable other conditions vastly favor whites. Last edited by saphojunkie; 05-09-2013 at 12:18 PM.. |
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Our constitution did not recognize blacks as citizens until the 15th ammendment. Even free blacks in northern states were denied citizenship/right to vote. The point was that our own constitution was systematically racist up until the 1880s and into the 20th century. Do not confuse the point. Both. I see no problem with proactively improving the prospects of African Americans with things like Affirmative Action. A large portion of the black population has had to deal with lack of resources/life chances afforded to them due to lasting affects from our country's racist past. |
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Maybe she can get a loan and pay it back right now..... oh wait that would be slavery to a bank.
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