Real World

Will this lead to reparations?


Bill would probe fiscal legacy of slavery in Mass.

By Steve LeBlanc
Associated Press Writer / October 5, 2009

BOSTON—Massachusetts, which boasts a history of abolitionism, is considering legislation to determine how much the state and local institutions profited from the African slave trade.

A bill before the legislature would require some of Massachusetts oldest banking, financial and insurance companies to look deep into their history -- and the histories of subsidiaries and predecessor companies -- to uncover links to the slave trade, as a condition of doing business with the state.


Bill would probe fiscal legacy of slavery in Mass. - Boston.com

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.


"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
Leo Tolstoy, 1897

BelichickFan

If they want racism to contine - and prosper - reparations is a great way to go.

PatriotsReign

What a waste of effort, thought and money!!

efin98

Only going to reopen long healed wounds...only focuses on the banking industry when it wasn't them who benefited most from the trade- it was the shipping, lumber, and manufacturing industries that did.

And why only the black slavery- what about the white slavery that was alive and well decades before and after African slavery in Massachusetts?

__________________
"As long as we have Belichick, I always think that we're going to be just fine."...Tom Brady, in reference to his coach.

“It is what it is, but it ain’t what you think.”...Brandon Spikes

alvinnf

That's the Mass. state moto, you know Maine is "vacationland". Mass is, "where to waste effort, thought and money".

DarrylS

Time to move on, cannot believe that this is all the Mass. Legislature has to do... it will accomplish nothing, and only cause more finger pointing...

__________________
"Being the best doesn't mean you always win. It just means you win more than anyone else".. tweet from Kurt Warner to Tom Brady.

Roland

Massahusetts congress governing the Barney State. I am so sick and tired of this crap from these fawning dopes. How about spending more time helping local business compete globally. That would be well worth the investment of time and brain power. If we punished everyone who has a connection to slavery we would have to just print more money to pay it all. These dopes need to go by voting them all gone.

sdaniels7114

I'm prepared to drop this, considering the state of the economy, on the condition that the righties admit that their argument, that nobody who either benefited from or was hurt by slavery still exists, therefore reparations are dumb, was in fact typical Republican crap. Incorporated businesses are people of a sort in the eyes of the law and there's lots of them who sure as hell benefited from slavery still around.

There's no doubt in my mind that if John Hancok Insurance benefited from slavery they owe someone.

__________________
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, give a man a bank and he can rob everyone.

alvinnf

Brilliant, that's what we need, a class action lawsuit for people of color.... Let's just make it any color while we are at it. It's just that nonsensical.....

sdaniels7114

So which other clear, and unmistakable torts would you like to ban from the legal system? Tell you what, just put a copy of the Constitution up here with all the inconvenient clauses cut out.

__________________
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, give a man a bank and he can rob everyone.