Tuesday, October 29, 2002A woman seeks reparations from US companiesDeadria Farmer-Paellmann is descended from South Carolina rice slaves and now plans to make US companies pay. She is targeting "every US company that profited from slavery." Currently there are 10 lawsuits looking for reparations and she's coordinated 9 of them.The lawsuit is seeking billions of dollars. She even claims that she "went to law school just to make a case for reparations." She also has 60 potential targets for her lawsuits. She says her father is bitter that his family never received 40 acres and a mule, as the William T. Sherman promised. How does 40 acres and a mule equal billions? Not to mention that if she wins these suits, she'll be no different from these companies, since she too will be profiting for slavery.Posted by Alison at 10:27 AM Comments Post a Comment (we enforce our comments policy) |
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