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.
My family fought to free the slaves. I don’t owe you$#%&!@* no one living today owned a slave and they don’t owe you$#%&!@*
Moron! You shouldn’t even be a professor. Get your facts straight, then apologize for your stupidity!!!
your a fucking retard we owe you s**t
Owed…? Blacks are owed………a brain
Why, it was a black man who owned the first slave in America.
You owe my family for fighting and firing for YOUR Freedom! So kiss off!!!!!$#%&!@*wipe
I’ll give you a penny if you come and get it
Easy to “demand”, now try to come get it!
Three words. KISS MY A$$!
When this nation goes down all it’s people loose.