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Juneteenth 2020: Is Disney+ The Perfect Reparations Opportunity?
Juneteenth may be over but racism is not! Hip-hop, chicken restaurants, and Disney+ are the perfect opportunity to respectfully and effectively pay reparations.
Juneteenth is a historic day in US history and is the perfect opportunity to talk about the horrors of slavery which plagued our country not even that long ago. When being confronted with the past, the idea of reparations is repeatedly thrown around. Often, however, reparations come in the form of small amounts of money given to all African Americans descended from the enslaved. ZzzZzz...BORING! (and ineffective) It’s time to spice things up! I used this year’s Juneteenth to spend the day contemplating our wrongdoings as a nation and came up with some unconventional but clever and achievable ways of repairing the damage white oppressors have done.
1) More HipHop!
Hip Hop/Rap is undeniably one of African American society’s biggest achievements. Everyone likes rap. Even me, a middle aged, white-born woman, likes to groove off to some Russ while sliding through my kitchen. 2020 needs to be full of rap. I am convinced that if Radio Stations were forced to play more African American music, even the biggest racists would fall in love with the deep sounds of this rich music genre. Also, this would support African American artists and therefore put money into their communities.
2) Fried Chicken Businesses
Finally, African American-owned chicken restaurants need to be supported. Yes. I know what you're thinking. And yes, it does seem racist at first. But the stereotype doesn’t come from nowhere. It originated from the enslaved, cooking for their enslavers and therefore, when slavery was abolished in 1867 (America for once being a role model to the rest of the word), many ex-slave families started chicken-based restaurants and thus it became an important basis for a lot of African American communities. Therefore, statistically speaking, the fried chicken business is a large part of the African American community. Because of this, increasing its success would help African American communities while honouring and respecting their past.
Also, if you think about it, white-owned businesses, like KFC, are therefore culturally appropriating and should from now on be taxed more. Taxes should be so high, that it wouldn't make sense for white people to open a fried chicken business, making African Americans more successful. The federal government needs to also subsidise African American owned fried chicken restaurants as soon as possible.
3) Disney+
Disney, racist shows for the entire family! Well, not anymore. The Disney Conglomeration is notorious for having a racist past. For example Song of the South glorified slavery, Mushu (mandarin for stir fry) the chinese dragon portrayed as African American for comedic effect. For heaven’s sake! This racist conglomeration’s new streaming service, Disney+, is rapidly growing in viewership, already reaching 33.8 million people in the month of March, only months after their release. This is why I think that their latest product, Disney+ should only have movies about African American culture and African American history. They should be available for watching for at least the rest of 2020, recognising the importance of the current situation. This would be a welcomed change for my son, whom I would allow watching Disney movies from then on. Disney should directly distribute its revenue from that year among all African Americans or donate the money to charities. This way, I believe, Disney will have partially atoned for their dark past and help inject money into African American communities that need help. Also, this action would bring important history and information to the forefront of the people’s education, using Disney’s power for good without causing major political uproar as traditionally proposed reparations would.
So to sum it all up, reparations are long overdue. The mainstream ideas for reparations will never work because republitards will never agree. But by enforcing my new ideas, I think we will have made tremendous progress in repaying the African American community for their centuries of hardship.
Juneteenth is a historic day in US history and is the perfect opportunity to talk about the horrors of slavery which plagued our country not even that long ago. When being confronted with the past, the idea of reparations is repeatedly thrown around. Often, however, reparations come in the form of small amounts of money given to all African Americans descended from the enslaved. ZzzZzz...BORING! (and ineffective) It’s time to spice things up! I used this year’s Juneteenth to spend the day contemplating our wrongdoings as a nation and came up with some unconventional but clever and achievable ways of repairing the damage white oppressors have done.
1) More HipHop!
Hip Hop/Rap is undeniably one of African American society’s biggest achievements. Everyone likes rap. Even me, a middle aged, white-born woman, likes to groove off to some Russ while sliding through my kitchen. 2020 needs to be full of rap. I am convinced that if Radio Stations were forced to play more African American music, even the biggest racists would fall in love with the deep sounds of this rich music genre. Also, this would support African American artists and therefore put money into their communities.
2) Fried Chicken Businesses
Finally, African American-owned chicken restaurants need to be supported. Yes. I know what you're thinking. And yes, it does seem racist at first. But the stereotype doesn’t come from nowhere. It originated from the enslaved, cooking for their enslavers and therefore, when slavery was abolished in 1867 (America for once being a role model to the rest of the word), many ex-slave families started chicken-based restaurants and thus it became an important basis for a lot of African American communities. Therefore, statistically speaking, the fried chicken business is a large part of the African American community. Because of this, increasing its success would help African American communities while honouring and respecting their past.
Also, if you think about it, white-owned businesses, like KFC, are therefore culturally appropriating and should from now on be taxed more. Taxes should be so high, that it wouldn't make sense for white people to open a fried chicken business, making African Americans more successful. The federal government needs to also subsidise African American owned fried chicken restaurants as soon as possible.
3) Disney+
Disney, racist shows for the entire family! Well, not anymore. The Disney Conglomeration is notorious for having a racist past. For example Song of the South glorified slavery, Mushu (mandarin for stir fry) the chinese dragon portrayed as African American for comedic effect. For heaven’s sake! This racist conglomeration’s new streaming service, Disney+, is rapidly growing in viewership, already reaching 33.8 million people in the month of March, only months after their release. This is why I think that their latest product, Disney+ should only have movies about African American culture and African American history. They should be available for watching for at least the rest of 2020, recognising the importance of the current situation. This would be a welcomed change for my son, whom I would allow watching Disney movies from then on. Disney should directly distribute its revenue from that year among all African Americans or donate the money to charities. This way, I believe, Disney will have partially atoned for their dark past and help inject money into African American communities that need help. Also, this action would bring important history and information to the forefront of the people’s education, using Disney’s power for good without causing major political uproar as traditionally proposed reparations would.
So to sum it all up, reparations are long overdue. The mainstream ideas for reparations will never work because republitards will never agree. But by enforcing my new ideas, I think we will have made tremendous progress in repaying the African American community for their centuries of hardship.
