Brooklyn-based activist Filing A 5 Billion Dollar Lawsuit Against Barclays Bank, Bruce Ratner & Jay-Z
In the claim, Mr. Campbell said that Mr. Ratner and Jay-Z worked “in concert” with Barclays, and “profited from the African Slave Trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth.”
People still think about getting slavery reparations? It’s not going to happen and even if it did how would money be dispersed with not every black person having ancestors from here? How would you even determine the appropriate amount to be given per person? This sounds like a waste of time.
No will give you 40 acres and a mule, you have to go out there and get it yourself.
The article made a correction, DJ Kool Herc is not the one filing the lawsuit, lol something sounded wrong.
February 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
this nigga need to go get a job.They need to change the law so when ppl bring crazy lawsuit like this and they loose they have to pay the defendant lawyer fee. just like in England
February 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
herc, get a job
February 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Herc needs the money to save 1520 Sedgewick lol.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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February 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Why does reparations seem so unrealistic to Black Americans? The Chinese, Native Americans , and Jews were compensated for being persecuted. Why shouldn’t we be?
I feel that the only way we could receive reparations is through free College education. Black people should not have to pay to get an education in this country and that way those of us who have any intelligence and who want an education could get one without putting ourselves into major debt.
But we will never receive our “40 Acres and a mule” because we don’t have any real activist and leaders to make demands to the government. So I tip my hat to this man for being a leader and trying to get what is due.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Editor’s Note: This story originally reported that the Clive Campbell who filed the lawsuit was the real name of D.J. Kool Herc, a founder of hip hop. In fact, it is a different Clive Campbell. Mr. Campbell is a Brooklyn-based activist. The story has been corrected.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
If your black with Native American ancestry(instead of white) would you be able to recieve reperations. Off topic i know but i just wanted to know.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
i think he just needs a pussy
February 25th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
you took the kool herc off of the title!
February 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Yall aint give me 40 acres and a mule/ So I got my glock 40 now I’m cool
– Jay-Z