Many Americans have suffered through prejudice of one kind or another. It might have been their religion, the way the looked, their weight, their gait, their height, their nationality, their beliefs and their color. But in the end, most, if not all, have OVERCOME these assertions. However, today a blatant woke call for reparations to those for a past injustice, SLAVERY.

First of all the United States Government did not own any slaves. Those who owned slaves were mostly Southern Plantation Owners. Yes, they became rich off the backs of Blacks. To recognize the freeing of the Blacks from Slavery, we now celebrate Juneteenth.

But in other parts of the country, racism was pervasive. Whites became vigilantes, burning down Black owned businesses, homes and churches. Most devastation committed by members of the KKK. However, one such incident lives in the hearts of many today.

A century ago, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., perished at the hands of a violent white mob. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 killed hundreds of residents, burned more than 1,250 homes and erased years of Black success. This was a tragedy of unknown proportions.  Those who suffered are due Reparations, but others who claim to be victims of racism are not.

There are always two ways of looking at Slavery. We bring you Venture Smith, once a slave, then a free man. A story that will bring tears of happiness to those who follow Venture through the travails of Slavery to that of a Free Man. Click here for the story told by Chandler Saint.

And there are other Blacks who made it in America. Musicians, athletes, entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers and plain old common folk who labored like Whites in factories and fields. Ask many of them, and they will tell you that living in America was a gift of God.

However, we cant dismiss the fact that others who always feel negated by the success of other Blacks have achieved in America. These are the folks who have a CHIP on their shoulder. They dismiss America as the Land of the Free. That is OK with us, but don’t blame the 99% of Americans for their lot in life As Frank Sinatra said, “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. “

Gavin Newsom’s reparations experiment backfires as 2024 speculation swirls, critics say

California lawmaker says the ‘futile reparations exercise exposes the non-serious nature of Governor Newsom‘s leadership’

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to dig himself out of a political predicament when it comes to slavery reparations proposed by his own task force.

Fox News Digital was first to report Tuesday evening that Newsom, after months of complete silence on the issue, declined to endorse the cash payments – which could reach as high as $1.2 million for a single recipient – recommended by his reparations task force, arguing that dealing with the legacy of slavery “is about much more than cash payments.”

“It will take absurd mental gymnastics to require California taxpayers, including new immigrants, low-income workers, and even some African Americans to pay for a wrong committed by other states more than 150 years ago, but that’s the position Newsom put himself in,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher told Fox News Digital.

“No matter what he does, he’s going to anger part of his base,” he said. “This is just one more example of the Governor’s tendency to make big promises he can’t or won’t keep, and people are going to learn quickly that Newsom is all talk but no action.”

Newsom’s predicament – having to choose between endorsing budget-busting checks or angering a key Democratic constituency – is in large part a problem of his own making.