Chase. Moves that the Word, White, should be inserted in the 11. Article. The Negroes are wealth. Numbers are not a certain Rule of wealth. It is the best Rule We can lay down. Negroes a Species of Property -- personal Estate. If Negroes are taken into the Computation of Numbers,  [illegible]  to ascertain Wealth, they ought to be in settling the Representation. ...

1785, letter

It is clear to me, that the delay desired and proposed, will be at least as advantageous to the British Creditors as to the American Debtors and if government cannot be prevailed with to stipulate, I hope they may be convinced of the Necessity of the Measures taken by the States, and not treat them or consider them as Breakers of the Treaty, and that if the Creditors may be quieted, in the Case of the Negroes it is clear, that they ought to restore every one of them or pay his full value....

## Ancestor worship is not well understood.

Most Americans shouldn't be allowed to answer questions more complicated than, "Do you want fries with that?"

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

African American voters make up 12.5% of the overall [sic] ["]electorate["] [TABLE. sample δ -1% 2012-2016], but constitute approximately 20% of the Democratic ["]base["], as they tend to vote exclusively vote Democratic. Just 8% of the African American vote went to President Donald Trump in the 2016 election [TABLE. 6% GOP 2012]. As a result, any Democrat running for the presidency must win over this voting bloc.

Underscoring just how important African American voters are in the general election, take a look at their vote break-down in the last two presidential elections. Even the slightest shifts in African American turnout, up or down, can make or break an election, particularly in swing states.[?]

There's a ["]legitimate["] argument to be made that the 2016 presidential election outcome might have been different if African Americans had turned out at similar levels as they did for Obama in 2012.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Jan. 15-16 showed ... Biden has the most African American support with 23%, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling in the month through mid-January, compared to 17% for Sanders, 9% for Warren and 7% for Bloomberg.

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden Are Statistically Tied for the Black Vote in this New Poll, 14 Jan

A poll conducted by VICE News-Ipsos last week reveals that just as many voters of color would support the Vermont senator as they would former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election should either of them win the Democratic nomination. When asked would you consider voting for the following candidates for president in 2020?, 56% of African Americans said they would consider supporting Sanders in the general election while 54% said they would back Biden. Meanwhile, more Hispanic respondents said they would "consider voting for" Sanders than those who said they'd consider voting for Biden.

Fox News Poll January 5-8, 2020: South Carolina

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2018 results. very sad.
2016 results. sad.

#ADOS #ReparationsNow pic.twitter.com/KbZqNCaURq

— AfroPlex (@AfroPlexx) July 5, 2019

Happy Black History Y6 D20

• "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today"
  
• US bank holiday - "MLK Day"
  
• capitol of Virginia, beloved POTUS #3 school

Many demonstrators, opposed to proposed gun restrictions, openly displayed military-style semiautomatic rifles. Other wore orange "Guns save lives" stickers as the crowd chanted "USA" and sang the national anthem. Signs read "Come and take it" and "Second Amendment Sanctuary."

Handshake: REJECTED pic.twitter.com/LUA49Z0JCc

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) 15. Januar 2020

This video is why Bernie needs to be elected: he has the right people scared. And they're so terrified of the possibility that he wins that they won't even hide it anymore

— peter.ellison (@peterellison831) January 15, 2020

DNC In Attack Mode vs Bernie Sanders

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

Krystal Ball: The polls are in, Warren's ploy backfires spectacularly, A/V slap o' the hed

Sanders Leads Democratic Pack in First Primary State
"In a survey of 657 Democratic and Independent voters in the Granite State between Jan. 13 and 16, researchers with 7 News and Emerson College Polling found that 23% of respondents chose Sanders as their top candidate" (MOE ± 8% BLACKBLOC?)