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Though he’s in doubt that this check will ever come his way, television mogul Robert L. Johnson claims that the “new rendition” of reparations sweeping across the country is a mere ploy, coming in the form of education rather than spreading the wealth around and making up for decades upon decades of unjust.

According to Johnson’s interview with Vice, these reparations come in countless forms: critical race theory being taught at numerous campuses, the housing program in Evanston, every corporation under the sun making donations in light of the murder of George Floyd, and so much more. In light of this, he says “That’s what’s happening to the reparations—it’s been cut up into small pieces of things that look and feel like, ‘We want to end systemic racism, we want to end police brutality and shootings and to provide financing to Black small business owners,’”.

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The BET owner pins what’s going on at the moment as “placebo paternalism,” meaning it’s only meant to look good and hope to make you feel good. To quote Johnson, he says, “Reparations had two components: The first was atonement, and the other was monetary,” “With no doubt whatsoever, it was supposed to come from the government representing the people of the country. It was reimbursement, or recompense if you will, for the harm.”

He goes on to say that whatever the country is currently doing as form of repayment is merely an attempt to fix the racist foundation that the States lie upon. On the other hand, how he and anyone in their right mind view reparations is as follows: “Reparations would require the entire country to … admit that the result of slavery has been 200 years of systemic racism and for that reason Black folks have been denied $13-15 trillion of wealth.”

Of course, Johnson is far from the first to mention this, as countless celebrities and citizens have voiced their opinions as well. In the meantime, the state of California is ramping up their one-of-a-kind slavery reparation task force, and people can only hope nothing but good arises from it.

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Though he’s in doubt that this check will ever come his way, television mogul Robert L. Johnson claims that the “new rendition” of reparations sweeping across the country is a mere ploy, coming in the form of education rather than spreading the wealth around and making up for decades upon decades of unjust.

According to Johnson’s interview with Vice, these reparations come in countless forms: critical race theory being taught at numerous campuses, the housing program in Evanston, every corporation under the sun making donations in light of the murder of George Floyd, and so much more. In light of this, he says “That’s what’s happening to the reparations—it’s been cut up into small pieces of things that look and feel like, ‘We want to end systemic racism, we want to end police brutality and shootings and to provide financing to Black small business owners,’”.

Steve Grayson/WireImage 

The BET owner pins what’s going on at the moment as “placebo paternalism,” meaning it’s only meant to look good and hope to make you feel good. To quote Johnson, he says, “Reparations had two components: The first was atonement, and the other was monetary,” “With no doubt whatsoever, it was supposed to come from the government representing the people of the country. It was reimbursement, or recompense if you will, for the harm.”

He goes on to say that whatever the country is currently doing as form of repayment is merely an attempt to fix the racist foundation that the States lie upon. On the other hand, how he and anyone in their right mind view reparations is as follows: “Reparations would require the entire country to … admit that the result of slavery has been 200 years of systemic racism and for that reason Black folks have been denied $13-15 trillion of wealth.”

Of course, Johnson is far from the first to mention this, as countless celebrities and citizens have voiced their opinions as well. In the meantime, the state of California is ramping up their one-of-a-kind slavery reparation task force, and people can only hope nothing but good arises from it.

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Over the past year, countless Britney Spears fans have been hitting the streets of Los Angeles to protest the beloved pop star’s conservatorship. After eagle-eyed fans thought that they saw secret distress signals in her social media posts, they started the “Free Britney” movement, which eventually inspired Hulu’s Framing Britney Spears documentary. Although Britney initially undermined her situation by saying that she was “extremely happy” and “totally fine,” the “…Baby One More Time” singer recently revealed that she is “traumatized” from her conservatorship.

For a quick rundown of the unethical treatment that Britney Spears has been receiving while under the decade-spanning conservatorship, watch the clip below.

Many fans have made Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, the villain in the situation, but according to TMZ, Jamie is unwilling to take responsibility for Britney’s unhappiness with the conservatorship. In addition to claiming that “he has been cut off from communicating with her,” Jamie reportedly attests that he has not made any personal decisions on behalf of Britney for the past two years. 

According to TMZ, Jamie Spears has decided to point the finger at Britney’s current personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, who Jamie apparently believes was appointed during a time when Britney did not have the mental capacity to make decisions about her medical treatment. 

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Legal docs reportedly reveal that “Ms. Montgomery has been fully in charge of Ms. Spears day-to-day personal care and medical treatment, and Ms. Montgomery has made all decisions related to those matters.” Still, Jamie Spears reportedly believes that Britney’s allegations should be taken extremely seriously by the court, so he is advocating for an investigation into the integrity of the conservatorship.

According to TMZ, Jamie Spears’ lawyer echoes his concerns, saying, “It is not acceptable for Conservators or the Court to do nothing in response to Ms. Spear’s testimony.”

Stay tuned for more updates on Britney Spears’ fight against her conservatorship.

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Over the past year, countless Britney Spears fans have been hitting the streets of Los Angeles to protest the beloved pop star’s conservatorship. After eagle-eyed fans thought that they saw secret distress signals in her social media posts, they started the “Free Britney” movement, which eventually inspired Hulu’s Framing Britney Spears documentary. Although Britney initially undermined her situation by saying that she was “extremely happy” and “totally fine,” the “…Baby One More Time” singer recently revealed that she is “traumatized” from her conservatorship.

For a quick rundown of the unethical treatment that Britney Spears has been receiving while under the decade-spanning conservatorship, watch the clip below.

Many fans have made Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, the villain in the situation, but according to TMZ, Jamie is unwilling to take responsibility for Britney’s unhappiness with the conservatorship. In addition to claiming that “he has been cut off from communicating with her,” Jamie reportedly attests that he has not made any personal decisions on behalf of Britney for the past two years. 

According to TMZ, Jamie Spears has decided to point the finger at Britney’s current personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, who Jamie apparently believes was appointed during a time when Britney did not have the mental capacity to make decisions about her medical treatment. 

Rich Fury/Getty Images

Legal docs reportedly reveal that “Ms. Montgomery has been fully in charge of Ms. Spears day-to-day personal care and medical treatment, and Ms. Montgomery has made all decisions related to those matters.” Still, Jamie Spears reportedly believes that Britney’s allegations should be taken extremely seriously by the court, so he is advocating for an investigation into the integrity of the conservatorship.

According to TMZ, Jamie Spears’ lawyer echoes his concerns, saying, “It is not acceptable for Conservators or the Court to do nothing in response to Ms. Spear’s testimony.”

Stay tuned for more updates on Britney Spears’ fight against her conservatorship.

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Over the past year, countless Britney Spears fans have been hitting the streets of Los Angeles to protest the beloved pop star’s conservatorship. After eagle-eyed fans thought that they saw secret distress signals in her social media posts, they started the “Free Britney” movement, which eventually inspired Hulu’s Framing Britney Spears documentary. Although Britney initially undermined her situation by saying that she was “extremely happy” and “totally fine,” the “…Baby One More Time” singer recently revealed that she is “traumatized” from her conservatorship.

For a quick rundown of the unethical treatment that Britney Spears has been receiving while under the decade-spanning conservatorship, watch the clip below.

Many fans have made Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, the villain in the situation, but according to TMZ, Jamie is unwilling to take responsibility for Britney’s unhappiness with the conservatorship. In addition to claiming that “he has been cut off from communicating with her,” Jamie reportedly attests that he has not made any personal decisions on behalf of Britney for the past two years. 

According to TMZ, Jamie Spears has decided to point the finger at Britney’s current personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, who Jamie apparently believes was appointed during a time when Britney did not have the mental capacity to make decisions about her medical treatment. 

Rich Fury/Getty Images

Legal docs reportedly reveal that “Ms. Montgomery has been fully in charge of Ms. Spears day-to-day personal care and medical treatment, and Ms. Montgomery has made all decisions related to those matters.” Still, Jamie Spears reportedly believes that Britney’s allegations should be taken extremely seriously by the court, so he is advocating for an investigation into the integrity of the conservatorship.

According to TMZ, Jamie Spears’ lawyer echoes his concerns, saying, “It is not acceptable for Conservators or the Court to do nothing in response to Ms. Spear’s testimony.”

Stay tuned for more updates on Britney Spears’ fight against her conservatorship.

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Rapper Ralo is spending his fourth straight summer behind the wall, speaking about his incarceration in a recent post on Instagram. The Gucci Mane-affiliated artist has been calling on high-level politicians, including President Biden, to commute his sentence and allow him to head back home to his family. As we wait for updates on his case, Ralo emotionally told his followers that he would never take the stand and tell on anybody close to him, referencing Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine, who infamously snitched on his partners. 

“PLEASE KNOW THAT I COULDVE BEEN HOME LIKE 69 WITH MY MILLIONS,” he wrote in the post.

After his message was reported by DJ Akademiks, a close friend of 6ix9ine, the rapper caught wind of the post and responded in the comments, asking why people get so riled up when he gets involved with other rappers when they name-drop him.

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“I don’t even know who this is,” admitted 6ix9ine about Ralo. “But some how if I respond ‘I’m the problem .. ‘I’m to disrespectful’ .. everyone always mentions me first and when I start and don’t stop ’69 aLwaYs gO tO fAr.'”

Previously, 6ix9ine was been engaged in a heated feud with Lil Durk, antagonizing the rapper by reminding him constantly of all the trauma he’s endured in recent years. 6ix9ine has attacked Durk with disrespectful insults about his older brother OTF DThang, who died of a gunshot wound a few weeks ago, and King Von, Durk’s artist who was killed last year.

Check out 6ix9ine’s response to Ralo’s post below.

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Rapper Ralo is spending his fourth straight summer behind the wall, speaking about his incarceration in a recent post on Instagram. The Gucci Mane-affiliated artist has been calling on high-level politicians, including President Biden, to commute his sentence and allow him to head back home to his family. As we wait for updates on his case, Ralo emotionally told his followers that he would never take the stand and tell on anybody close to him, referencing Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine, who infamously snitched on his partners. 

“PLEASE KNOW THAT I COULDVE BEEN HOME LIKE 69 WITH MY MILLIONS,” he wrote in the post.

After his message was reported by DJ Akademiks, a close friend of 6ix9ine, the rapper caught wind of the post and responded in the comments, asking why people get so riled up when he gets involved with other rappers when they name-drop him.

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“I don’t even know who this is,” admitted 6ix9ine about Ralo. “But some how if I respond ‘I’m the problem .. ‘I’m to disrespectful’ .. everyone always mentions me first and when I start and don’t stop ’69 aLwaYs gO tO fAr.'”

Previously, 6ix9ine was been engaged in a heated feud with Lil Durk, antagonizing the rapper by reminding him constantly of all the trauma he’s endured in recent years. 6ix9ine has attacked Durk with disrespectful insults about his older brother OTF DThang, who died of a gunshot wound a few weeks ago, and King Von, Durk’s artist who was killed last year.

Check out 6ix9ine’s response to Ralo’s post below.

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Rapper Ralo is spending his fourth straight summer behind the wall, speaking about his incarceration in a recent post on Instagram. The Gucci Mane-affiliated artist has been calling on high-level politicians, including President Biden, to commute his sentence and allow him to head back home to his family. As we wait for updates on his case, Ralo emotionally told his followers that he would never take the stand and tell on anybody close to him, referencing Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine, who infamously snitched on his partners. 

“PLEASE KNOW THAT I COULDVE BEEN HOME LIKE 69 WITH MY MILLIONS,” he wrote in the post.

After his message was reported by DJ Akademiks, a close friend of 6ix9ine, the rapper caught wind of the post and responded in the comments, asking why people get so riled up when he gets involved with other rappers when they name-drop him.

Johnny Nunez/Getty Images

“I don’t even know who this is,” admitted 6ix9ine about Ralo. “But some how if I respond ‘I’m the problem .. ‘I’m to disrespectful’ .. everyone always mentions me first and when I start and don’t stop ’69 aLwaYs gO tO fAr.'”

Previously, 6ix9ine was been engaged in a heated feud with Lil Durk, antagonizing the rapper by reminding him constantly of all the trauma he’s endured in recent years. 6ix9ine has attacked Durk with disrespectful insults about his older brother OTF DThang, who died of a gunshot wound a few weeks ago, and King Von, Durk’s artist who was killed last year.

Check out 6ix9ine’s response to Ralo’s post below.

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