There is picketing in Philadelphia today. Those who are picketing are Black.
With the number of shootings and murders that occur daily in Philly, and the number of neighborhoods that are being run by drug dealers, you can understand why Blacks would be picketing the local Wachovia Banks.
Banks?
In the year 2004, it was discovered that several modern businesses were the so-to-speak grandchildren of companies that had formally dealt in the slave trade. At the time, this information was provided concerning the bank.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company owned at least 162 slaves. Another firm, the Bank of Charleston, accepted at least 529 slaves as collateral on mortgaged property or loans.
According to Wachovia’s disclosure statement, it was also discovered that the Bank of Charleston “acquired” an undetermined number of people when customers defaulted on their loans.
Since then, the bank has publicly apologized, all be it, in a short statement, that it was sorry for it’s relatives past.
There was quite a stir, at that point as several cases were in court seeking reparations for those who had family members enslaved during that period.
Spin forward to today, in 2006, in a city that is going to hell due to Black on Black violence, a city that has citizens who pride themselves on wearing ‘Don’t Snitch’ t-shirts, proudly, and a daily murder rate approaching a Guinness Record want a financial handout, from a Bank, for an incident that was, at the time, a legal way of life.
Forget the fact that Philly has a weak tax base. Thousands of properties are in arrears on property taxes. In addition to state, local, and federal payroll taxes, you also pay a 10% wage earning tax for anyone working in the city limits.
But, by God, we need to get that payback for our ancestors’ error in history.
So, picket on brave citizens. But, just while the sun is up. Other wise you’re neighbor might just pop a cap, in your ass.