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Gov Hochul established commission to examine methods of paying r********ns to descendants of s***es

Black New Yorkers have conflicting ideas over who deserves r********ns as a commission will soon begin to discuss the issue.

In December, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that established a commission to research the best ways to offer r********ns to descendants of s***es in the state. By February, she announced the members who would make up the commission.

Although the commission has yet to meet, some Black residents were already concerned that it would be limited only to direct descendants of s***es, similar to what California’s r********ns commission announced.

"That’s a false narrative," Bertha Lewis, head of the Brooklyn-based Black Institute, told the New York Post. "I don’t give a f--k what California did."

She continued, "You can’t just say, 'Only descendants of s***es from the South.’ Black people faced the effects of s***ery — discrimination — simply because they’re Black."

Lewis also emphasized that it could be difficult to pinpoint direct descendants of s***es, claiming that all Black people have since been affected.

"If you’re going to talk about r********ns, you have to talk about discrimination that has gone on a long time against Black people in the W***e A******n system," Lewis said.

By contrast, LittleAfrica News founder Mona Davids, a Black South African, argued that Black citizens who willingly immigrated to New York should not receive r********ns since "It was our choice to come here."

"The only beneficiaries of r********ns should be descendants of chattel s***ery — not African immigrants or Afro-Caribbean descendants," Davids told the New York Post.

She added, "Descendants of s***es didn’t have a choice. White people benefited from s***ery."

Davids also called out African countries, pointing out that some of their rulers had previously profited from s***ery as well.

"In many cases it was Black Africans who sold s***es. Ghana is rich. Nigeria is rich," she said.

Hochul did not elaborate whether r********ns included all Black citizens or only descendants of s***es, however, she argued that even descendants of immigrants who arrived after the end of s***ery could be culpable in paying r********ns.

"I think of the immigrants and the children of immigrants who've come here since the end of s***ery," Hochul said. "They will say, 'We had no involvement in s***ery. ... None of our relatives were s***e owners.' And there's part of me that worries about leaping into this conversation because of the racial divisions, strife it could sow.'"

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul holds up signed legislation creating a commission for the study of r********ns in New York on December 19, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The governor continued, "These huddles and tired masses came here to seek a better life. ... S***es, people who were ens***ed, didn't come here willingly to pursue a dream, but they came in bondage to live a nightmare. And we have to ask, do those of us whose family came here to pursue a dream not have a role to play in ending a nightmare? Yes, yes we do."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-new-york-residents-spar-over-receive-r********n-payments

LOL They all want some free 'biden bucks.

liberalhunter Loc: Your mom's house

White people should get the r********ns......... after all we have to put up with their crap and spend billions fixing their tore up cities year after year.

They already spent their r********ns on government assistance and free college.

Whitey has spoken........ no r********ns!!