There’s a growing demand coming from the fringe — well, let’s hope it’s the fringe — demanding reparations for sufferings caused by slavery in America as well as for the sufferings, primarily of African-Americans, in the years since its abolition. It’s a radical idea that cannot be supported economically or ideologically.
Before going further, it must be stated emphatically that the practice of slavery is abhorrent. That it occurred in America is a stain on our history. That it occurred throughout the world for millennia, is a stain on humanity. No amount of words will remove the fact that this inhumane practice has been part of the human condition. Those who worked for its abolition deserve our admiration and gratitude.
However, demands for trillions of dollars in reparations to the descendants of those who suffered under slavery in America in not supportable. More on page two.
This is all BS! Get over it!!!! Slavery is in the past. We know nothing if it, except what we have read! You all have never have had it so good!! Get over it!!!!
Come and get it- punk.
Your are ☝️ total jackass , we owe you nothing so that’s it.
We’ve given more than that in welfare alone
Minus all welfare paid out you owe money back
Wrong
Once blacks pay back the money they owe whites for supporting them on welfare, stealing and Robbing and rioting.
KMA
You want money for something that ended 150 years ago? Cool. My great x2 grandfather was a captain in the Iowa infantry. I want back pay. I think 2.5 million dollars would be an adequate show of gratitude on your part.
Hey, y’all come on, get it!