Descendants of enslaved who built Missouri university want over $70 billion for unpaid slave labor

[seafoam1 2,859]

 Gimmee some money. 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/descendants-enslaved-built-missouri-university-want-over-70-billion-unpaid-slave-labor

Descendants of the enslaved Black people who built a university in Missouri calculated that they were owed up to $74 billion in unpaid labor.

The calculation was announced on St. Louis University's campus [SLU] on Thursday – an effort being pushed by the Descendants of St. Louis University Enslaved [DSLUE]. 

DSLUE was joined by a state lawmaker, a civil rights attorney, and economists to announce their estimation of the monetary value of unpaid labor in the construction of SLU.

Based on "labor for 24 hours per day, 365 days per year for 70 enslaved people from 1823-1865," economist Julianne Malveaux estimated that $365 million in unpaid labor is owed. Furthermore, adding interest over time amounts to $70 billion.

[Strike 5,333]

Totally reasonable!!!

[Hardcore troubadour 15,124]

Just give them the university.  Build a new one using the updated slave model. 

[seafoam1 2,859]

19 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Just give them the university.  Build a new one using the updated slave model. 

Illegals. Tim can spare a few I'm sure. 

[squistion 2,040]

Meh. This suit is just for publicity. They won't win a dime if it gets to court. 

[jerryskids 6,652]

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Based on "labor for 24 hours per day, 365 days per year

That's some hard-working slaves!   

[Maximum Overkill 1,845]

Prorated is like $12.00.

The average person probably earned 5 cents a day for work that a non-educated donkey could do. 

[MDC 7,223]

28 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

That's some hard-working slaves!   

My slaves only work 12 hours a day and break for lunch.  

[jerryskids 6,652]

3 minutes ago, MDC said:

My slaves only work 12 hours a day and break for lunch.  

Seriously though, I think the point they are trying to make is diminished by being too greedy and unreasonable with assumptions like this.  If they went with, say, 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, call it 1/3 the amount, that's still $24B, which is roughly $24B more than their descendants today deserve, but it is still a stronger argument. 

[Strike 5,333]

Give up your American citizenship and we buy you a ticket to the African country of your choosing, first class.  Seems fair and EQUITABLE.

[seafoam1 2,859]

It's funny to think if those dopes actually got paid back then that they would have collectively made a fortune and passed down $70B worth to the dopes that currently want that money. 

[lickin_starfish 1,909]

At times like this, I'm glad that I am a descendant of slaves. Gimme my money.

[weepaws 3,159]

I hope they get it.  

[seafoam1 2,859]

2 minutes ago, weepaws said:

I hope they get it.  

You want to.give them someone elses money? Or your money? Cause you are free to give them all you have. 

[iam90sbaby 2,529]

I got an even better one, let's just give them the entire state of Mississippi and call it a day 

[weepaws 3,159]

It’s going to be a Great. , I agree let them have it all, the state of Mississippi isn’t even enough.  Let’s let them be president, I’ll be able to sleep better known that biden and trump will not be behind the wheel of this used to be great country. 

[weepaws 3,159]

11 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

You want to.give them someone elses money? Or your money? Cause you are free to give them all you have. 

What, you have been triggered. Very easily to do.  

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,958]

Did someone tell these race grifters and losers to go f@ck themselves?

[jerryskids 6,652]

5 minutes ago, weepaws said:

It’s going to be a Larry, I agree let them have it all, the state of Mississippi isn’t even enough.  Let’s let them be president, I’ll be able to sleep better known that biden and trump will not be behind the wheel of this used to be great country. 

Have you been drinking the communal wine?  This makes no sense.   

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,958]

Just now, jerryskids said:

Have you been drinking the communal wine?  This makes no sense.   

I think he's speaking in Tongues.

[lickin_starfish 1,909]

1 hour ago, weepaws said:

What, you have been triggered. Very easily to do.  

A man of God promotes peace. Would Jesus go around "triggering" people to cause hard feelings?

I highly suspect that you are one of the board's liberal schit-posters, using an alias.

[weepaws 3,159]

19 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

A man of God promotes peace. Would Jesus go around "triggering" people to cause hard feelings?

I highly suspect that you are one of the board's liberal schit-posters, using an alias.

Jesus told the truth, and was killed for doing so, so yes he did trigger people, and being God he knew it would.  Read the Bible.  

[weepaws 3,159]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Have you been drinking the communal wine?  This makes no sense.   

Never, just a mistake. Replace Larry with great.  

[weepaws 3,159]

These people deserve even more, I say Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, And let them be president for the next eight years.  Let’s go big. 

[weepaws 3,159]

1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

I think he's speaking in Tongues.

You ghey? 

[jerryskids 6,652]

2 minutes ago, weepaws said:

Never, just a mistake. 

Mistake? Like, your cat walked across the keyboard and typed that?  That seems more likely than a mistake.   

[Cdub100 3,868]

Double it. Black people deserve to be paid for any reason they can think of.

 

[weepaws 3,159]

1 minute ago, Cdub100 said:

Double it. Black people deserve to be paid for any reason they can think of.

 

Absolutely. 

[Cdub100 3,868]

1 minute ago, weepaws said:

Absolutely. 

I'm serious. Focking pay em. We are heading towards ruin anyway. Let's get this show on the road. I want abortion clinics on every corner. Reparations for blacks, open boarders and increase in welfare. Anything to deal with medical is free... Fock it, food is free too. Any and everything is free unless you are white 

It's time white people learn what it means to work hard.

[seafoam1 2,859]

1 minute ago, Cdub100 said:

I'm serious. Focking pay em. We are heading towards ruin anyway. Let's get this show on the road. I want abortion clinics on every corner. Reparations for blacks, open boarders and increase in welfare. Anything to deal with medical is free... Fock it, food is free too. Any and everything is free unless you are white 

It's time white people learn what it means to work hard.

[KSB2424 3,148]

Slavery of all ethnicities was commonplace all over the world, including Africa for centuries. It was normal, hardly anyone thought the wiser. That is, until the “West” deemed it wrong and morally corrupt.  

[Cdub100 3,868]

1 minute ago, KSB2424 said:

Slavery of all ethnicities was commonplace all over the world, including Africa for centuries. It was normal, hardly anyone thought the wiser. That is, until the “West” deemed it wrong and morally corrupt.  

Nobody cares. Pay black people now.

[Nomad99 713]

I think any reparations paid out should be based upon what positive contributions you have made to society. This calculation has to be formatted so that there can be a net negative, forcing you to pay rather than receive. 

[seafoam1 2,859]

28 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

Nobody cares. Pay black people now.

I'll pay them my shlt in a bag. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,958]

2 hours ago, weepaws said:

You ghey? 

Why?  You looking for a date?

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,958]

2 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

Double it. Black people deserve to be paid for any reason they can think of.

They should be paid for future fake injustices too!

[Cdub100 3,868]

2 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

They should be paid for future fake injustices too!

Triple it! 

[seafoam1 2,859]

6 hours ago, weepaws said:

You ghey? 

Did you find your new boyfriend?

[TimHauck 2,663]

10 hours ago, KSB2424 said:

Slavery of all ethnicities was commonplace all over the world, including Africa for centuries. It was normal, hardly anyone thought the wiser. That is, until the “West” deemed it wrong and morally corrupt.  

So you think we should bring back slavery?

[seafoam1 2,859]

4 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

So you think we should bring back slavery?

We?