Dallas county has one African American commissioner.  He read a resolution and asked for it to be adopted.

The Dallas Morning News reported that commissioners thought they were honoring an annual holiday when they voted unanimously for the “Juneteenth Resolution” sponsored by Dallas County’s only black commissioner, John Wiley Price.

Price even read the text of the resolution, which covered broad topics like slavery and Jim Crow. Many of the commissioners seemed uninterested, playing with their computers or reading documents while he read so they did not seem to notice the final sentence.

Here’s the part they didn’t listen to …

“Be it further resolved that the dereliction that has caused 400 years of significant… suffering to the descendants of those who have been enslaved Africans who built this country, should be satisfied with monetary and substantial reparations to same.”

Dallas County Commissioners voted for reparation.  Unanimously.  Every damn white boy on commissioner’s court voted for reparations.  Because they were looking at cat videos on their computers.

Sometimes idiots are truly entertaining.  Especially the Dallas ones.

Thanks to Deb and Frank for the heads up.