The Coates gang is playing a standard ultra-left opportunist trick: if Sanders doesn't support reparations, then Sanders is shit, even though we don't say that anybody else is shit for not supporting reparations. Coates claims that Sanders not supporting reparations equals white supremacy forever. That guy is a cartoon. Krugman has more shame.
Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:10 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Robert Naiman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sanders has gotten a lot of heat from the left for saying he’s against >> reparations. It’s a complicated issue, the substance of which I don’t want >> to comment on here. >> >> Instead I’ll just note that in 2008 another presidential candidate was >> asked about his position on reparations. Here’s what he had to say >> <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-opposes-reparations-slavery-article-1.314179> >> : >> >> Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama >> <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Barack+Obama> opposes offering >> reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some >> black groups and leaders. >> >> > > Yes, Obama did (and still does) oppose reparations. Obama also said > "n****" in a public interview. Doesn't mean Sanders gets to say it. > > I noted and commented on this in an earlier thread. Briefly, taking a > position on reparations involves making a political statement NOT a draft > legislation. The effect of a legislation is the same no matter who > introduces it. In contrast, the same political statement can mean two very > different things depending on who is making it. > -raghu. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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