Comments on: Alan Keyes Is Making Waffles

By: Booker Rising

Booker Rising — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:50:47 +0000

Alan Keyes’s Flip-Flop on Slavery Reparations
Yesterday we posted about Mr. Keyes’ unusual proposal, at a press conference to discuss his U.S. Senate campaign. Our fellow black moderates and conservatives have mixed opinion:

By: ben

ben — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:54:15 +0000

I really hope I’m not stirring a pot by this comment, but I’m going to go ahead with it.

“African-Americans of slave heritage”

Who are these people? To enact such legislation, are people going to have an identification card, or something? How do you prove this?

Additionally, in this day and age where some racial boundaries are crumbling, why are we limiting this to “African Americans?” I have a cousin, aged 5, who has blonde hair and blue eyes and is 1/4 black. If she can prove slave heritage, can she get reparations?

For that matter, I’m inclined to research my own family history — the only white people I know with my last name are my family. You never know…

Anyway. Sorry if I stepped on toes, just pointing out that “reparations,” should they happen, are going to open this system up to all KINDS of abuse. And Mr. Keyes is a flaming loon.

By: Juliette

Juliette — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:03:33 +0000

Keyes is showing himself to be a nutcase and a hypocritical one at that.

By: In Search of Utopia

In Search of Utopia — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:51:24 +0000

I Hate it When I agree with Conservatives (SMILE) But Brother DC hit this one out of the Park on Keyes...