THE BLACK AGENDA

No Reparations? NO VOTE!

A. REPARATIONS

1. Establish a protected & designated class as American Africans
2. Financial compensation via payout distributed to appropriate qualified linage
3. American African card-carrying member
4. Federal Holiday: Juneteenth June 19, 2021
5. Baby Bonds
6. Free college tuition
7. Tax exemption status
8. Direct ownership of industries formed/created/supported by majority black people i.e. NFL, NBA, entertainment agencies (rappers, actors, musicians, singers, etc.), nail shops, haircare stores (black haircare)
9. Entrepreneurship & vocational training for business ownership
10. Mass Audit: wealth, land, corporate and familial ownership accumulated by slavery
11. Replace confederate statues with American African freedom fighters
12. Streets named after our black leaders (Fred Hampton, Frances Cress Welsing, John Henrik Clarke, Huey P. Newton, etc.)
13. Rededication & renaming ceremony for anti-slavery activists and freedom fighters
14. Compensation for U.S. government-sanctioned domestic terrorism
15. Committee/council for USA Reparations
16. 100-year program; American African annual fund (as the 911 Victims Compensation Fund exists, our fund should exist more so)
17. Discrimination hotline to report racial discrimination in all aspects of American society to be adjudicated by our own council NOT the U.S. government
18. 100% full cancellation of all student loan debt for American Africans

B. Police Brutality

1. Mandatory minimal sentencing for police officers convicted of murdering black people unjustifiably
2. Change laws to protect against murderers exonerated after killing black people unjustifiably
3. American Africans to police our own land; our own police force, jail and prison system

C. Economic Empowerment

1. Wallstreet Bail Out - Audit these banks and collect fees from discriminatory actions
2. Grants to black-owned businesses located in our own communities
3. American Africans should own our own businesses, no homeless or destitute
4. Own our own banks & financial institutions, U.S. government-backed and protected

D. Mass Incarceration

1. Drug laws must affect all USA citizens equally
2. Harsh penalties for court judges, DAs, Attorney Generals, Police Chiefs, court-appointed attorneys, prosecutors, etc. who violate black people’s rights during the judicial process
3. Expunge marijuana charges, easy access to black ownership of marijuana dispensaries
4. Vocational or other specialized training for business ownership (plumbers, electricians, construction workers, truck drivers, etc.) for formerly incarcerated black people
5. Prosecute white-collar criminals with harsh prison sentences; try cases under counterfeiting, laundering, fraud, etc., the purpose is to charge & sentence white male criminals
6. Prisons should not be privatized
7. Federal law: all convicted felons who served their time should be allowed to vote upon reentry into society; right now, this is a state-by-state law; it needs to be a federal law
8. Drug offenses: audit & evaluate non-violent cases and pardon these black offenders

E. Education

1. Overhaul entire education system; American Africans lead the charge on this action
2. Black history, black politics and black empowerment student curriculum
3. Educate all children about black historical figures
4. Vocational training in high school, i.e. electricians, plumbers, truck drivers, etc.
5. STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) direct access for all black students
6. Government funds specifically designated for our own American African K-12 schools
7. Direct pathway to educate, train and certify us for a career in the teaching profession
8. Apprenticeship fund for American African high school student recipients who defer college

F. Housing

1. Resolve each discrimination complaint in an efficient manner

G. Entrepreneurship

1. Direct access to programs, training, education, vocation, bank loans, grants, etc. to start, maintain and successfully run our own viable businesses
2. Communication ownership for New Black Media: Radio stations, TV stations & networks, newspapers, etc.

H. Employment

1. Audit companies receiving government benefits to ensure 0% black discrimination
2. Train, provide access and a direct pathway for American Africans to qualify for higher paying positions, i.e. managers, supervisors, executives, etc.
3. Diversity & Inclusion Law: mandates, regulates and audits hiring practices of employers who hire over 100 employees per company and penalizes those who practice hiring discrimination
4. All U.S. citizens should be paid equitable salaries, regardless of race or gender
5. Union restructuring to eliminate discriminatory labor union practices
6. Fund set up specifically to train, qualify, produce and equip American African contractors with first-pick for government contracts (i.e. roads, buildings, stadium, etc.)

I. Real Estate

1. United States of America land re-distribution as per the USA Reparations Bill
2. Government-backed home loans specifically for American Africans

J. Military

1. American African enlisted & officers receive preference for career placement
2. Both military & civilian American Africans receive adequate self-defense training and possess the means to defend ourselves (2nd amendment right)
3. Fully financed organizations that strengthen, protect and promote only our interests

K. Healthcare

1. Free comprehensive healthcare under the American African Healthcare Programs & Services (AAHPS)

L. Mental Health

1. To help alleviate the psychological and generational trauma we’ve accumulated, AAHPS also provides free mental health therapy for American African card holders
2. Provide direct access & a pathway to train, educate, and certify American Africans as mental health professionals

Who We Are: American Africans

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