Dear Dean Magazine - Issue 2

B L O G C O N T I N U E D
"Black Americans have been underpaid from Juneteenth,
1865 to right now, in every job we ever held. That is 155
years of backpay."
Black Americans gave Iraq $36b in reparations to rebuild
after the war and gives them $3b annually.
Black Americans have given Israel roughly $160b since
the end of World War 2, the largest amount of reparations
to any country.
Black Americans gave the auto industry $80b in
reparations.
Black Americans gave Wall Street an estimated $1.9t in
reparations during the most recent tax cuts, after giving
them over $700b in the one prior, and trillions more over
the course of history.
Black Americans gave veterans reparations, called the
G.I. Bill, or Serviceman’s Readjustment Act, close to $15b
– without initially being able to get any of our own money
for Black veterans.
Black Americans gave wealthy people $2t in during the
most recent 2016 tax cuts.
Black Americans gave Small Businesses $700b in
reparations in the recent budget, and trillions since the
SBA started in 1953, though Black people are least likely
to get SBA loans.
Black people subsidize State Universities, private
colleges, and charter schools,
Black Americans give farmers $20b per year, and Black
farmers have decades long lawsuits trying to get their fair
share.
Black Americans give homeowners $70b a year in
reparations for mortgages – reparations mostly given
to and used by white Americans.
Black Americans subsidize middle class and wealthy
Americans by paying more for food, goods and
services, gas, insurance, interest on credit cards, car
purchases, and home loans.
Finally, and to bring reparations back to the beginning,
Black Americans have been underpaid from
Juneteenth, 1865 to right now, in every job we ever
held.
That is 155 years of backpay.
Black people have given America and the world tens of
trillions of dollars in reparations that America turned
around and gave businesses, white people, colleges
and universities, farmers, and dozens of foreign
countries.
The bill is past due and as co-owners of this country,
we are not asking the government or “white people”
for a handout or a loan.
What we are demanding is that we receive OUR
money back. The bill is past due, and the interest is
growing
Now that we have established that America does in
fact love and support reparations, by whatever name
we chose to use.
Visit www.deardean.com to
read Part 2 "Systemic
Reparations," and Part 3
"Reparations: Governing The
Money," of this series.
N E W B L O G S A R E F E A T U R E D O N W E D N E S D A Y S . V I S I T
W W W . D E A R D E A N . C O M T O R E A D M O R E B Y M Y R O N J . C L I F T O N .
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