In the midst of racial conflict, riots, looting and the usual blame game for lack of socio-techno-economic achievement by the black/brown population, along comes BET’s founder Robert Johnson with a proposal to disburse $14 trillion of reparations for slavery. At least he had a number, and showering every black person in America with over $300,000, based on U.S. Census Bureau data, would certainly resolve the endless envy of “white privilege.”

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police officers gave Mr. Johnson the bright idea. Here are the three key points:

• “Now is the time to go big” to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Robert Johnson said in a CNBC interview Monday.
• Johnson said reparations would send the signal that white Americans acknowledge “damages that are owed” for the unequal playing field created by slavery and the decades since.
• The wealth divide and police brutality against blacks are at the heart of protests that have erupted across the nation following last week’s killing of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis.

In short, when a segment of the population has failed to accomplish much of value on a global scale, the tax stream from the other productive races/ethnic groups should be used to provide compensation for events that ended over 150 years ago. Using that logic, reparations are owed to just about everyone all over the world.

This is not a surprise and others have called for the handout, but Mr. Johnson must understand that “Slavery: You’re Free Thanks To White People.”

As a matter of fact, white people must be proud that their ancestors were the ones that truly ended slavery, even though Africans kept the practice alive long after America and Europe abolished the slave trade and ownership. “The truth is like poetry…”

On the topic of oppression, which is the constant scapegoat for lack of achievement, we must refer to “Hunger In Africa Defies Logic But Is Predictable.”

And then, if they could only get their hands on yet more resources, they lament. We’re talking agriculture here, not the invention and manufacturing of semiconductors in cleanrooms. “How Africa could feed the world” was published in 2012, and it was nothing more than the typical emotional, nonsensical, tried and failed proposals that culminated in yet another plea for more international help, or money from Western civilization as it is known. What happened to the loud cry that we’re all one race and intellectually equal? Nobel laureate James Watson was heavily penalized for suggesting the contrary.

Yes, we know that evil white people are always at fault, and “White Privilege: If Only Caucasians Were Extinct” provides perspective:

Therefore, the one scenario that has not been considered is that of eradication, and is summarized like this: If only caucasians became extinct 500 years ago, all other races would have invented, developed and built the world as we see it today, and the socio-techno-economic achievement of non-whites wouldn’t be so unbelievably dismal without the interference and blockage from white privilege.

Do you think that if caucasians were extinct, you would be surfing the Internet over Wi-Fi, and watching the politically correct Oscars on a TV in your living room, while corn meets its final pop in the microwave?

But as slavery is the default excuse for black people’s misery, we must address “The Untold Economic Burden of Slavery” and the obvious conclusion.

Although political correctness is used to shield the inept keeps a lid on the truth, suffice it to say that Western Civilization would have been far better off if Africans had never been brought to the New World. Although current generations are not responsible for slavery, they endure the seemingly endless guilt trips imposed by the morality police, and, worse yet, are now saddled with the social burden of slave offspring while constantly catering to their shortcomings through taxation and questionable social programs.

In case you’re wondering about the future as the misplaced search for equality continues, “White Minority In America Will Be A Disaster” delivers the sobering test. Reparations? Sure, but please take the money and go build your own successful society away from the oppressors.

Here’s a proposal with an easy prediction: Pick the best contiguous 50% of land in America, take all the resources required and setup a USA 2.0 inhabited and governed by the Browning of America, and please build a wall to protect the wealth. Within one generation people will be begging to leave, much like they’ve been crawling over any border that leads to Western Civilization.

But if police brutality against blacks is the driving force behind reparations, then Mr. Johnson should read “Gun Violence Is Mainly A Black People Problem,” which brings perspective to the behavior of law enforcement officers. One must admit that while bad cops do exist, some people are not psychologically prepared to deal with schmucks like George Floyd, day in and day out, because the Floyds of the world can easily drive police officers to the edge.

And, once again, who created “privilege” for white people? The Martians? Or are black people simply stating that white people are superior and they want a piece of the pie because they lack the required baking skills? Let the socio-techno-economic achievement record speak for itself.

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