Georgetown students vote on historic proposal to pay reparations to slave descendants
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The plan is to charge undergraduate students a mandatory $27.20 fee per semester to benefit the families of 272 slaves sold by the university in 1838.
The referendum was called by the Georgetown University Student Association, but the school is not required to take up the fee even if the majority of students vote for it. Officials said the Washington, D.C. school would review the results of the vote and decide what to do with them.
The vote comes at a time of increasing public debate over proposals to offer reparations to descendants of enslaved people. A new bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in January calling for the creation of a commission to study reparation proposals.
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, have expressed support for the idea.
The student association said the university’s “horrific” trade of slaves in the early 19th century saved Georgetown from collapsing into bankruptcy.
“This issue affects Descendants, both on campus and across the country,” the group said in a recent statement. “The (association) is in support of comprehensive implementation of genuine and meaningful engagement and reconciliation of our history of slavery and with the Descendant community.”
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One descendant, Jessica Tilson , told a campus news outlet that the mandatory nature of the fee is not the right approach.
“The Jesuits forced my ancestors to come here, and how can I say that forcing someone to do something is wrong, but then I turn around and agree with forcing you all to pay us,” she said.
At least there is ONE Smart person over at Georgetown university !
If indeed they wish to atone for their real or imagined sins, then offer free tuition to the offended parties.
Not for nothing, but the folks that suffered the greatest affront ( Native Americans ) in the settlement of the Country are largely ignored in my opinion. As a matter of history, most peoples that came to our shores have been misused to one degree or another (Irish, Italians, Chinese etc.), some willingly, some not.
Reparations can be made by insuring it does not happen again and actually having a level playing field.
Reparations = BS!
What Georgetown students think?
YAWN!
And what about the reparations for the 620,000 men and women who died fighting a war to "free" the slaves? What about the reparations for the property, finances, schools that were demolished during that "conflict"??? What about all the peoples killed at Wounded Knee - where are their reparations. What about the 100M Native Americans who were killed for this "free land"??? When are these people going to demand reparations from the African war leaders/chiefs who captured and sold their people as slaves to other nations?
Seems to just be another case of "Liberal Feelings" again. If they "Feel" it, they'll "Fine" others to get it.
Sad to see that there were so many stupid students who voted for this ridiculous proposal.
If this goes through, how are they going to figure out the percentage of reparations that should go to each group or descendant? DNA testing? Who's going to pay for THAT?
How about telling those students part of the reparation money will come from hefty surcharges added to their student loans and see what happens...
What I find amazing is that 2/3 of the students voted "Yes" for something this stupid.
The professors told them to !
They should get outa college and take a Mike Rowe Class for a "Change" !
Now we know that part isn't a "Thought" thing in their young heads. They just …… "Believe". That's all there is to "Life" in their minds !
If you "Believe", it will just happen !