MSNBC host Joy Reid argued that Black Americans have not received sufficient reparations for building the US, suggesting Barack Obama’s presidency was the best outcome they could expect.
Reid lamented the state of being Black in 2024 America, saying the country hates their history and denies what was done to their ancestors.
Reid said, “To be a Black person in 2024 in America is to be in a state of complete perplexed confusion about what is wrong with a country that hates your history, that to this day can’t admit even the basics of what was done to your ancestors, that can’t accept any responsibility for the lack that has carried through the entirety of your existence in this country, and that thinks 60 years of relative freedom is enough.”
Joy Reid says that she "literally, physically built this country" and is infuriated that she has not received money for it yet pic.twitter.com/GbQJrqmRr5
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She laid out exaggerated consequences if critical race theory and diversity policies were displaced.
Reid further argued Obama’s presidency and holidays like Juneteenth represent a ruse to distract from genuine reparations, despite Black Americans literally building the country.
“Now, Blacks, please get out of Harvard. Now, Blacks, you can’t get any more loans. You can’t even give each other loans of $20,000 unless you give them to white men who get 99% of funding for their businesses. We want 100,” she continued.
“And to find out that literally Barack Obama’s two terms as president are your reparations, and Juneteenth, which you already celebrated anyway, is your reparations. Yet you built this country. You literally, physically, built this country, and yet the attitude toward you from a lot of your peers and your fellow citizens is: Just shut up and be grateful,” claimed the MSNBC host.
She said the attitude towards Black people from some peers is to just be grateful rather than address the lack of compensation for their historical mistreatment and building of the nation.
Reid’s comments came as San Francisco prepared to apologize to Black Americans for past discrimination.
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