Time for the John Carpenter Solution: New Yorkers Are Fighting Over Who Gets Reparations

OK, now THIS is a funny story, Twitchy readers.

Don't get us wrong, in order to reach the funny, first, we have to wade through some more leftist, Marxist horrible policy in New York. But New York is going to do what New York is going to do. So we might as well laugh at them.

As you are well aware, leftists keep talking about slavery reparations owed to black Americans, even though there is not a single black person living in America today who was ever a slave in this country. And despite the fact that no living American person of ANY race ever owned any slaves in this country. (It gets even funnier when some black Americans crowing about reparations [cough--Sunny Hostin--cough] find out that they are descended from slave OWNERS.)

None of that matters. It's just Goodfellas: 'F*** you, pay me.'

You're probably also aware that California has actually introduced legislation totaling nearly $1 billion to create a reparations package. But what you might not be aware of is that there is a commission in New York State that is preparing to meet to consider a similar reparations package.

So, that's the horrible part. Now, let's get to the funny part, courtesy of The New York Post.

Black New Yorkers already clashing over who should get reparations as state panel starts https://t.co/I9FXk0nXhq pic.twitter.com/znWJ2hQkXN
— New York Post (@nypost) March 11, 2024

LOL. Let the Oppression Olympics begin.

A New York commission that will recommend whether to give reparations for slavery and discrimination to black residents hasn’t even met yet — but it’s already sparked a rift among black New Yorkers over who should be eligible for payouts.

However, a huge segment of New York’s black residents are not descendants of US slavery. In New York City alone, well over 500,000 people are Afro-Caribbean or African immigrants — more than 25% of the black population, census figures show.

Bertha Lewis, head of the Brooklyn-based Black Institute, told The Post that reparations must be considered for all black residents, because they have suffered from decades of systemic racism resulting from slavery — even if they are not direct descendants of slaves.

'That’s a false narrative,' Lewis said. 'I don’t give a f**k what California did.'

But others disagreed, saying any black people who moved to the US for better opportunities have no right to reparations for slavery in this country.
'It was our choice to come here,' said Mona Davids, a black South African who moved to New York as a child.