No, it's not confusing when it's just about money. It's 100% clear.

The slave owners were paid for the money they lost when slavery was so called abolished, why can't the descendants of slaves be paid for the free labor , our ancestors provided.

Get the money then leave. As long as we live among them we’ll always have problems.

REPARATIONS IS NOT COMPLICATED !!!!!! GIVE THE MONEY People are to figure it out

CUT THE CHECK!!!... Land, Tax breaks, and cash payouts can close the wealth gap. Reparation should only be for those whos descendants suffered on the slave plantations in America. And Blk Americans (FBA) need a bill that protects us from racists.

After the dollar amount is arrived at we then add 400+ years of late charges I.E. compound interest on top of the total. We should apply business acumen because slavery WAS AND STILL IS A BUSINESS.

This is what A.D.O.S organization has been doing for a while now. Educating Blacks on data and why reparations is necessary. Sometimes we get so caught up in our own power struggles it prevents us from making the necessary connections that would garner the effectiveness needed to obtain the goal in which we are fighting for.

We want non taxable land, the right to govern ourselves as a sovereign nation and monthly checks just like the reparations given to the native Americans.

The interviews suggest that only poor people or lower middle class people need or are intitled to reparations. Why didnt you interview more highly educated people and experts in real American history and the topic at issue in this video? The people you interviewed make reparations look like a bad thing going to undeserving and poor people. Very disappointing coverage on this topic!

We don’t need a study or any meetings. Did all these discussions and concerns come about when other races received reparations. This is owed to us Black Americans, and all this talk and data gathering to try to show we’re deserving and can do right by the money is complete BS. They know we’re owed reparations, so the Government needs to pay up now. Cause what we shouldn’t be doing is asking but demanding it asap.

Reparations is Law pursuant to the Treaties !!! There opinion doesn't matter.

Dr.Claude Anderson would've been an excellent guest to discuss reparations. He has actively been fighting for reparations and has lawsuits filed.

Reperations would help descendants of slavery. Sharecropping in Ark. To be able to pay off our mortgages. And be able to save money. Instead of living from check to check. To own a business and employ our families.

It pisses me off when they'll grab the dumbest man on the block and ask. I myself think and said that reperations should be multifaceted, with money being one of those.

Reparations should include 1. Transfer of property 2. Interference (protection) 3. Unjust Enrichment (monetary payments)

They had no problem giving the Japanese $20k each. For the few years they were wronged. We should get money for trauma therapy that lasted 400 years.

All the money that was wasted last couple years, given to immigrants & other countries. At the least they could've easily given us a couple mill a piece to do as you please & been done with it the majority of us would've been happy with that.

She spoke the truth

If we get the CORRECT amount of REPARATIONS, we won't need ANY government assistance. We will b able 2 pay our own college fees etc.

You don’t speak for me I would appreciate it give land back and money keep your colonizers education

it's a new day Today we would buy Land not Caddys

Reparations over any voting,etc...long overdue

This is not complicated. Black Foundational Americans, who built this country under horrific conditions without pay and is still being oppressed is owed reparations without a doubt. Money have been given to other groups without questions, without studies, and without it being complicated. Everyone in this country have benefited from the blood, sweat and tears of Foundational Black Americans. We are not African Americans, but Foundational Black Americans. Payment should been given in cash, we will decide how to use it, just like the other groups that were given reparations without thought.

EVERYTHING.

Absolutely African Americans have so much Pride! We must get on Board!!! This is for our families future.

Buy the book "how white folks got so rich" give black people the land and money yt people got and thats it

No one I know has never been displeased in accepting reparations never offended is surly not the case 💯

These people sound scared to ask for what …..money & etc.🤔🙄🥱🤐

Respectfully I’m a direct descendent of slaves here in America and I’ll take what they give but I know they could never pay us what they owe their shame and false sense of entitlement will suffice praise GOD we will have our day and the greedy gluttonous devils will have theirs

God Bless You Lady Reverend Dr I Support This Cause. The Black Farmers Support this Cause.

She took the word right out of my mouth this country will never heal until the heal/repair FBA … 😢😢😢😢 we can’t even heal under these current atrocious conditions.

I feel that the restoring of our national identity as Hebrew people should also be a part of that reparation package

This woman is not afraid to speak the truth of what was being done to blacks in America like most blacks. 👏🏾💪🏾.

Oh, I descend from a General who died centuries ago and whose name I never knew.. Am I entitled to some medals or should I go to war and earn them?

Those that baruch us are baruchah & those that curse us are cursed. All of their own doing period. P. S. I'm not broke, I just haven't been paid yet. ~Pearl

We need to claim Self Determination and become a Nation within a Nation, just like the Indians. Let Reparation be paid to the Nation as a whole. Reparation should include: 1. Full payment to the Nation in regards to our economic development caused by Systemic racial injustice. 2. Land restitution 3. Tax exemption 4. A personal check cut to these families that qualify.

20 trillion for Foundational Black Americans

This is a moot question. This needs to be addressed where the supply chain began-West Africa: The Ashante and Dahomey tribes. British lost over 2,000 navymen to stop slavery; almost millions died in The Civil War: The British paid a debt in 2016 to African governments for payment of buying and freeing slaves; and Black Americans have been in paid millions through welfare programs and affirmative action. You will never get a dime from me. History and truth is what matters to me.

Keith williams...reparations should come in different forms and it especially should include cash payouts. If people want to buy cars or clothes or jewelry..that's up to the individual on what they will do with their cash. You should not be in anyone else's pockets. But cash should definitely be included in reparations.

I'm very happy for the brothers and sisters in Chicago in Detroit, creating a foundation for reparation in their states. But my question is there may need to be a Exodus program in place for those like myself with migrate back home to Africa.

This was a very enlightening conversation. The panel was fantastic and knowledgeable about everything necessary to apply PRESSURE! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Just remember the 40 acres and a mule was because we were the indigenous people they were trying to give us back some of what was taken. We all didn’t come from Africa even though they want you to think that. We were here before any Caucasian knew this land was here.

These people are the worst ones to try to represent us. Their problems are they don't seem to understand the real solution is get your large monthly checks with no taxes and restrictions and leave the country's. They leary about giving out monthly large cash payment?. Man please these people are insane. They are going to put us in a situation that makes us victims not recivers of what's already owed

CUT THE CHECK

I've 2 comments/questions for the Host & for the Reverend. 1st. While I appreciate your hard work & faith, Reverend, ""IF"" within all of these years & decades, what causes you to think that these beneficiaries, & beneficial's of the slave trade, & the continued enslavement of Black People will ever have the necessary remorse to first admit their complicity, & secondly, to feel the need to make an effort to correct their wrongs!?!? To the Host: The only people that have been open to have a discussion about % Reparations % have been "Us" Black People!! There's a town/neighborhood, within the state of Michigan that has just recently, this year, (2022), decided to allow "Black People" to move into this particular, neighborhood!! Up until this point, & time, this has been a legal understood, & established law, &/or decree that in order to live within the above, the person, or persons had to be white!!!!! What caused them to switch, I don't know, & for me, it really does not matter, however, I am sure that it boils down to the all mighty $!!!!! COVID has Effected Many things within the, So Called, Norms of Life!!!!!!! I believe that Hell will Freeze Over before these Selfish, Self-centered, Self-Indulged people will ever do the right thing!!!!!! Power & Staying In Power is Their Ultimate, Objective!!!!!! The Real, Original, Jesus, Was Not White, Nor was his Name, "Jesus" & That true Son of God was Black, & so was his Father!!!! They killed the Son, & We are So Hated because ""We"" Black-People, Are the True, & Direct, Descendants of God...!!!!!! Why else, are we Hated So Much!?!? & Yes, because of trickery, & deceit, we as a people were LED away, & fell from our true nature!!!!! We are persecuted, kept down, jailed, pursued, & murdered because they envy who we truly are!!!!!! Forget about any of them owning up! Forget them ever having the heart like Moses, within the movie, (The Ten Commandments), to go against all, & open up the temple, hoard, houses, so that the starved could eat!! It's Not Going To Happen!!!! They'd Rather take their Nukes & blow this entire world away, before they do that!!!!!!! Please Black People, Stop Being Fooled By The Pacifiers!!!!! """✌️/260-ODP-PTT"""

No programs, we blacks NEVER end up benefiting from them. History has proven this. We need cash payments to do as we see fit! I don't want anybody telling me how to spend whats mine by right!!! Period! ❤❤❤

I agree 💯 on that 👍🏽!!!Every man should speak for his family and not for everyone's family!!!!! I'm just saying!!! All smart people that can bring to the table for people that might not be as wise or educated enough to give great ideas so people want be taken advantage of or ways to spend wisely!!!

From an insurance perspective, each issue of racism that we faced had its own merit. Defendants who are looking at multiple judgments against them would LOVE to muddy and mash up all of their wrongs in one neat settlement. It’s cheaper that way. That’s why people throw everything America did wrong into the reparation discussion. Stop that. Each issue has its own merit or type of harm to us. Slavery is money. Our ancestors weren’t paid and we want their checks. Period. Share cropping is also monetary to me. That’s a separate settlement at its own devastating value. Jim Crow can be money but it was mainly about a lack of opportunity. That’s where free education, neighborhood programs, free homes, tax exemptions come into play. If we settle all of these atrocities under one umbrella everything will be devalued and bargained down cheaper. I know, I do it every day. When you see our people, who say they understand politics or bargaining and they want to discuss ALL of the wrongs we’ve dealt with in one settlement, they are not for us because they know they’re cheating us. They’ve had a back room discussion, I know, and made compromises to appease all parties. As FBA/ADOS we don’t have a weak argument. Facts are facts. They are not going to win. America already has a history of paying money to descendants. There’s no valid defense other than, I’m white and I say so. So separate the merits of our claims and don’t have them bargain us into one settlement agreement to undercut the true value of the claims.

We not African people ! We are a nation of people not desired by the rest of the world. We are the Chosen people of YAH our GOD! We are called by bywords for a reason. To keep us from who we really are. Hebrew is our original language and remember we were blocked from read in slavery but sang songs in Hebrew than "Kumbayah" what language is that? Think so called black people, why we sang in Hebrew if we are supposed to be Africans? Real Africans call us the people of the book!

Lately I find myself weeping when I think of all the evil relentless atrocities that we have had to endure in this country in the past and currently. They don’t even want to acknowledge our pain and suffering and now they open the borders and freely give reparations to illegals.

From the time of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the time of the Articles of Confederation there was a space of time of sixteen months and eleven days. During this period of time, the several nation states/countries were sovereign unto themselves as relates to foreign earthly powers.

I think there should be both there are those that lack the money to start a small business everyone is not interested in college. And moreover the card are stacked so hi against us the only way to recover is through monetary gain ,then for those over fifty cut the check.

Reparations should be a federal monetary payout the local levels Paying reparations will only give the excuse not to pay the federal level payments this is at least a $20 trillion payment to start

My comment about how pressure has been put on black people particularly in regards to unhoused black being presured to reside in homeless shelters to mix them with all different kinds of people and situations where they are subjected to remain until the shelter decides to help and place them which is terrible situation because of fights arguing germs injuries and basically keeping a person without housing them within a short period of time

I'm from Pittsburgh PA. They ripped out the Black "Hill District" business center to build the Civic Arena. Look up Fur Coat maker Arron Pryor. Who had to sell his high quality furs to white businesses because they would not allow Black businesses Downtown Pgh. Also Three rivers Stadium.

Great topics of discussion! California has created a similar task force to uncover the great mystery. Sacramento is actually following thru with more immediate steps to repair our wounds. But you guys brought up a great point, when you spoke of America being apologetic. They have apologized...in written form...and then had the audacity to stipulate at the very end of that apology, that it wasn’t to serve as grounds for us to ask for monetary compensation. Foul! So that point was made already, but it needs to bee reiterated!

Reparations is for Deprivation of Inheritance !!!

Your retirement can be your reparation if you plan it right. A high school student has many options. One option is to go into the military. You do not have to get a student loan. Because the military will pay you to go to school. Get your college degree, retire from the military and get a civil service job, and retire from there. Now you have two retirements and social security at sixty-two years old. That is your reparations. Do not wait for the government. Do your own thing. The opportunity is there. This is what many black men did that went in the army back in the 60s and 70s.

She says we need education before we can ask for something. Did any other group need education before they wrote those checks? When it comes to us, everything gets complicated. For everyone else they cut the checks no questions asked.

I have one question greetings to the celestrial bronze race so who do they think the real Indians👈📍 are here🤔

We absolutely need a monetary payment. In addition, we need our HBCU Fully financed and payed tuition to any African American that want to attend Ivy Universities. Zero down-payment for buying a home. So much have to be done to Repair African Americans. The United States government must Repair African Americans like Today!!! Keep going African Americans. Jesus have us. Keep working together and organize. ❤🙏🏽🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Should non-Africans be given reparations for the absurd amount of violent crime inflicted by the 12 percent in the last 150 years?

Peace and Blessings Why is the discussion on Genocide and Racism not included. This is not a topic to dumb down. I am disgusted with so called Black., Indigenous people who are so fearful of displeasing their modern day Slave Masters who continue to perpetuate Crimes against Humanity. No there is no confusion about money. Restitution is calculated with interest included. Anyone who doesn’t want cash should donate their share to others who have our shared history. My father died of his wounds after returning from WWII. My Grandfather was lynched because he was a business owner who employed 13 employees…. Ask Biden where is the executive order for us…. Time is up. 10 million per day for a foreign country; 50 million for a foreign country and checks and protection for Asian communities. Stop the BS. NO STUPID STUDY. This is Nonsense…

Reparations should come in the form of cash and cash only, not land, not education, but a check

This was very enlightening and very much needed

Would only descendants of slaves qualify? What to do about Black people who immigrated? What to do about Black people whose families owned slaves? Giving anyone without experience in managing money a large check could in many cases do more harm than good. Look at the people who have won large sums and squandered it. That windfall did more harm than good. If some form of reparation is deemed necessary a better way to compensate qualified people may be no-interest mortgages, free tuition, and free healthcare might be more beneficial. But again, who qualifies? I think it is impossible to say because you are Black you are owed something. Thomas Sowell might have something to say about that. Do we give Black wealthy people reparations? Just because someone is Black it is impossible in this country to say that they were somehow harmed.

Will all the Welfare and prison cost be deducted from this very difficult people who have been a big cost too the USA.

Cut the CHECK now !!

Everybody that had their hands in and on beautiful Chocolate People needs to pay

As black people we need to grow up and stop asking for reparation. We need to get over it, it was, and it is a game of war, learn from our mistakes and build our own empire without begging, then we will become powerful, and maybe we will get "reparation "without even have to ask because they respect and fear us and want to do business with us. like the Chinese and the Italian did in America.

Come on Women of God!!!! Let them know Jesus was about the Business. Amen ✊🏾❤🙏🏽✌🏽

America under the federal Reserve system deserves reporations as a whole.

We need the great Dr Claud Anderson here right now. He tells like it is.

Stop impersonating African immigrants. An African-American is an immigrant from Africa, regardless of Race. Elon Musk, a white man, is African-American. Foundational Black Americans are not African-Immigrants, and not African-American. Atleast say Afrodescendant, but leave that African-American immigrant impersonating alone. It makes no sense.

Those 2 speakers before him smh lol Straight paid off. Last dude is on point.

Look at the laws and policies that have been structured to allow income brackets to retain wealth and invest to garner more wealth.

Cash and a plane ticket to go back home, PERIOD!

Give me money!!!

Each region of the world have their own claims against those who enslaved them. We are specifically talking about the region where our ancestors resides and thats in America.

This new attitude that asking Black people to meet basic responsibilities, is somehow blaming the victim, need to stop. Malcolm, Jessie Jackson, and Farrakhan, especially, have held us accountable for our responsibilities. Al Sharpton seems to be moving into this direction, based on a resent radio broadcast I heard. Activist talk about community policing, but those words, brings to mind the community policing itself, to me. The first level of policing, starts with the the values and standards a people have and set for themselves, and their communities. Sharpton used the exact words 'values' in this broadcast I heard. Again he was talking about us, in regard to the violence among us - the Black on Black crime, which the mere phrase, brings more concern to many today, than does the actual harm it represents. They say we shouldn't use the term, because it makes us look pathological, when they are the only ones making that association with us publically. Us killing one another at the high rate we have been, for a long time, surely is a crime and crying shame, but to them it is "not a thing" anymore. They say people kill people they live near. This is outrageous, but we don't make a big deal out of this new dismissive attitude, many are exhibiting toward the value we place on our lives. We have made a bigger fuss over the use of the n-word and what we should be called. The ridiculous question of who we are as a people, gets more attention. This is the state of Black America, and we think mere reparation, in whatever form it could come, will undue this kind of basic problem among us. Would a great mind and heart like Dr. King, be silent about such obvious contradiction/hypocrisy on our part?

DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR CASH PAYMENTS, THAT'S NOT UP TO THE COMMITTEE TO DECIDE OR NO INDIVIDUAL TO DECIDE HOW I SPEND MY MONEY. THANK YOU. "THE BLACK VETERAN FOR JUSTICE".

Stop saying African we are black American aboriginals aka Indians not Africans.

These people being interviewed do not speak for us who can articulate the demanding truth. Forget HR40. We don't need a study, we need action!

What is owed? Nothing. Be a citizen. The whole victim BS is, well, BS.

FBA - CUT THE CHECK

I think that it's arrogant and insulting for any Black person to say that Black people shouldn't get cash when it comes to reparations. We as Black people are not monolithic so cash can help as at the level where we are. When you hear people's argument about why we shouldn't get cash, there's always this denotation that Black people are too stupid to know what to do with the money.

I'm just curious. What "reparations" are being sought from the people who captured your ancestors in the first place? You are aware that they were your "fellow" Africans for the most part, yes? Oh, and Arabs as well. So, how much are they on the hook for?

Brother's,please, the Topic is the wealth of what Black people created for America! Not our skin,not what miseducation which were strategy implemented! PAY THE AMERICA BLACK PEOPLE,LOKE YOU DID FOR THOSE WHO PAID NOT INTO THE GOVERMENT SYSTEM. STOP THE PARTICLE BREAKDOWN OF WORDS TO JUSTIFY THE CRIME...

These nations are being judged

It must be paid to those descendants of American enslaved and also to the families they were taken from on the motherland. This is not a one way deal. People were left in pain and trauma due to losing their love ones.

The views show how much people care about the subject matter.

THOSE WHO TAKE IT KNOW ASKING Is For the HANDS FULL OF FEAR

You're getting nothing. Not one penny.

Totally Agree!!!!!!! Absolutely right .A debt owned!...Keep your chin up , my people and understand this reality .

Asking people if they think they should get reparations is irrelevant insulting and insensitive to the reality of the past plus present time. Reparations should be paid in every aspect of its existence, everything should be included so many things was done to set us back even until this moment, all we’ve tried and do was railroaded and destroyed. After building a country that we wasn’t allowed openly to compete developed and grew our economy and created strong community in because it was attacked and burned so what’s the question 🙋🏾‍♀️about ? We have some people skipping and jumping from the point it’s a requirement and it’s owed period.

They can keep affirmitive action and cut us a check instead

Nada. Get a job.

1. Payroll tax-exempt for 10 years 2. 25000.00 grant to do home improvements or pay down mortgage 3. Free college education 4. 250 a month for children to have a future for the next 10 years. Don't study for to long because the topic might go back on the shelf. Get it done asap.

We have to separate ourselves

I like how this makes it sound like slavery only happened in the United States.