Boston reparations task force member says examination of slavery could yield 'real dollar' compensation

[Kyle]

'I always think about if we had compensation for every second of enslavement just on the legal books," Boston Task Force member L'Merchie Frazier says

Boston Reparations Task Force member L’Merchie Frazier told Fox News Digital on Friday that the examination of the history and aftermath of slavery practices in the U.S. could lead to compensation of "real dollars."

"There's always been this question: what is owed us?" Frazier told Fox News Digital. "I always think about if we had compensation for every second of enslavement just on the legal books. And we assigned a dollar value to that, how much would that be? How much would that have been rendered as far as cost?"

Frazier’s comments came after Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced last week that the city has established teams that will play a role in the city's reparations task force. Wu said the Boston Reparations Task Force will consist of one team of historians that will research the city of Boston’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and the impact of slavery on the city.

Boston reparations task force member says examination of slavery could yield 'real dollar' compensation

Boston Reparations Task Force member L’Merchie Frazier said the examination of the history of slavery practices in the U.S. could lead to "real dollars."

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Be sure to DEDUCT, from that figure, the real world costs of groups criminal activities, incarceration costs, a century and a half of environmental impact and the established costs of all the government programs to date.

 

[herb749]

Make sure they charge the Dutch & British for the beginnings of it. See if they pay up.

 

[GregV814]

'I always think about if we had compensation for every second of enslavement just on the legal books," Boston Task Force member L'Merchie Frazier says

Boston Reparations Task Force member L’Merchie Frazier told Fox News Digital on Friday that the examination of the history and aftermath of slavery practices in the U.S. could lead to compensation of "real dollars."

"There's always been this question: what is owed us?" Frazier told Fox News Digital. "I always think about if we had compensation for every second of enslavement just on the legal books. And we assigned a dollar value to that, how much would that be? How much would that have been rendered as far as cost?"

Frazier’s comments came after Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced last week that the city has established teams that will play a role in the city's reparations task force. Wu said the Boston Reparations Task Force will consist of one team of historians that will research the city of Boston’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and the impact of slavery on the city.

Boston reparations task force member says examination of slavery could yield 'real dollar' compensation

Boston Reparations Task Force member L’Merchie Frazier said the examination of the history of slavery practices in the U.S. could lead to "real dollars."

www.foxnews.com

Be sure to DEDUCT, from that figure, the real world costs of groups criminal activities, incarceration costs, a century and a half of environmental impact and the established costs of all the government programs to date.

IN MY GRETA THORNBUTT VOICE

"how dah you toy with our money making institution"

 

[GURPS]

Repatriate them back to Africa

 

[somdwatch]

NATIVE AMERICANS FIRST!! After all we'll pay in order of the wrongs.

 

[Toxick]

I would be more than willing to pay reparations. A nice fair wage for every single second spent as a slave.



To any former slave.

 

[Kyle]

I would be more than willing to pay reparations. A nice fair wage for every single second spent as a slave.

And therein lies the rub.

 

[Hijinx]

What are they owed?

Not a Fuking thing.. Not a one of them was ever a slave, She me a live Negro who was enslaved in the 1800's before the Civil war and i will personally pay him/her.

 

[WingsOfGold]

Reverse reparations, charge descendants for boat passage to a MUCH better life. Sure, West Africa is a garden spot.

 

[OccamsRazor]

Serious question:

If African Americans do not already take advantage of the multitude of offerings available ONLY to them currently that would make them better educated, more productive, and gain a better life then, why does anyone think that they would do this when money is thrown at them?

 

[Hijinx]

Serious question:

If African Americans do not already take advantage of the multitude of offerings available ONLY to them currently that would make them better educated, more productive, and gain a better life then, why does anyone think that they would do this when money is thrown at them?

The only people who will get more out of reparation are dope dealers and the lotto.

 

[vraiblonde]

So, first of all, that guy sounds like an illiterate dolt. Second, I absolutely think they should pay reparations to anyone who was enslaved in the US.

 

[glhs837]

NATIVE AMERICANS FIRST!! After all we'll pay in order of the wrongs.

Well, crap. One of my direct ancestors mapped out parts of western Mass (Like east of Cambridge) in the 1630s.... Where do I send the check?

But wait, another was the subject of an Indian attack in the 1640s..... does that cancel out? (From the record, he heard noises and thinks there might have been a few arrows)

Or, hold on, my Dad was shot down in the Pacific, can I get some from the Japanese?

Or what about my ancestors who were kicked out of SC and Long Island after the Revolutionary War? Can the US govt pay me for that?

And don't get me started on the Highland Clearances...

Maybe I can get some for my people who were cleared out of the Tennessee valleys to make room for hydro in the 30s?

 

[limblips]

Not one penny. They receive reparations daily now! If they blame lack of their success on slavery then why is Africa still the dark continent except where Europeans relocated and along the Mediterranean Sea?

 

[RoseRed]

I thought that all the thievery without consequences was reparations.

 

[spr1975wshs]

One of my direct ancestors mapped out parts of western Mass (Like east of Cambridge) in the 1630s....

My hometown of West Springfield, MA was 1st settled in 1635.
Mr. Ashley, one of our neighbors was a direct descendant of one of the original settlers.

 

[glhs837]

My hometown of West Springfield, MA was 1st settled in 1635.
Mr. Ashley, one of our neighbors was a direct descendant of one of the original settlers.

There were settlements out west, but still lots of areas in the four year old colony that needed mapped. My hometown of Waltham didn't even exist in 1634, it was just being settled as part of Watertown. So Cambridge was a bit tongue in cheek. This is the gent in question. He was mapping out west in the early 1630s. Which was why he was surveying out Redding(Reading) village in the latter half of the decade as noted in the second link.

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Alan-W-Smith/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1177.html

/https://www.forgottenbooks.com/es/download/AncientReddinginMassachusettsBayColony_11177354.pdf