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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (39335)	7/31/2004 11:29:05 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Responding to a student's question on the issue while speaking at Howard University recently, the Democratic Party's nominee said he opposes the idea of compensating Blacks for slavery because it might divide the nation and would “not heal any wounds.” “I personally do not believe that America is going to advance if we go backwards and look to reparations in the way that some people are defining them,” he said. finalcall.com Kerry opposes slavery reparations By Brian DeBose THE WASHINGTON TIMES washtimes.com Kerry opposes reparations By Lara Jakes Jordan \| Associated Press Published on Friday, June 18, 2004 URL: examiner.com E-mail this story \| Print this page WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says providing more money for education and after-school programs and improving access to credit and health care would be of more help to blacks than paying reparations for slavery. "It seems to me that rather than go down the road of reparations as the way to resolve the scar and the injury done by slavery, which still remains as a sort of residual issue for America to deal with, what we ought to do is focus on the things that can positively unite us to help undo the impacts," Kerry told American Urban Radio Networks. sfexaminer.com