panhandling for reparations flash story (damali ayo)

this flash story documents artist damali ayo work "living flag" where she panhandles for reparations on the streets of american cities

flash story by stories1st.org

produced by sam ward and dmae roberts

more about damali on damaliayo.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• living
• flag
• panhandling
• reparations
• art
• damali
• ayo

[msliwa]

Wow...so I guess by that little nugget of info slavery is therefore jusitfied. We were just the innocent buyers?Hey 99 you benefit by living in the wealthiest nation on earth. 200+ years of free labor had nothing to do with the USA becoming a world economic power? Quit drinking the American made Kool Aid.

[99mamalove]

Seriously, this is sooo ridiculous! Her "I can fix it" site is so ridiculously racist! If you feel like your so mistreated, and you need payment today, from people who had nothing to do with slave holdings, to give to black people today, who had no part of being a slave, WOW! Really, if people looked at the REAL history of slavery, they would know that blacks sold off their black "brothers and sisters". It wasn't whites in Africa selling off their own tribes and people. Think about that.

[iloveterriers]

I am probably about 1/8th Native American, does this mean that the Spaniards owe me money too for what was done to the Native Americans? What about the Jews? I am 1/2 German, so does that mean the Germans (including myself) owe the Jewish people money as well? Many Germans were mixed with Jewish ancestry, so this complicates things further. Conclusion:  Throughout history -- ALL people subjugated eachother, and black people in Africa also sold their own people as slaves.

[Wman74]

Slavery is still alive and well in Africa, so why aren't all you activists over there fighting for "the cause" or is it just easier to sit here and harass white people for a handout. I work for my money, maybe you should do the same. Not one white person in this country ever owned a slave so we don't ow you shit.

[Wman74]

Slavery is still alive and well in Africa, so why aren't all you activists over there fighting for "the cause" or is it just easier to sit here and harass white people for a handout. I work for my money, maybe you should do the same. Not one white person in this country ever owned a slave so we don't ow you shit.

[panther9mm]

YOU KEEPIN IT REAL! So how much you gonna pay our peoples? I feel a little sorry to say this, but if you don't pay enough, you man not be spared from extermination. That's just how our system works, you know it's all about numbers.

[funkychewbacca]

There's always an argument.

[ggeeoorrggee85]

though my white ancestors did not own slaves, i have nevertheless benefited from being a white man in this country because of the racist system people that looked like me once constructed and (yes) that WE continue to maintain...oh, and there's no such thing as reverse racism, it's a fallacy. reverse discrimination/prejudice does exist but reverse-racism as an institution would only exist if people of color controlled everything. and they don't.

[ggeeoorrggee85]

i'm white and so sick and tired of other white people who don't bother to educate themselves but gleefully spew forth their ignorant "opinions" on public forums. your statements are embarrassing, regressive, and fail to spur any discourse whatsoever. however they serve as solid proof to what ayo is getting at. know this: white americans are responsible for racism in this country. we created it and continue to create it; benefit from it and continue to benefit from it. there's no argument.

[Tony1584]

This country lost way more than it gained from slavery.  My ancestors owned 15 slaves and a warehouse in Georgia, and they lost every penny in the war like every other slave holder. Don't go through life begging for handouts- get a job, you racist bitch! The US only continues to be a racist country because of racists like you!