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.
Where do they get these ideas?
up yours , you owe us trillions for all the freebies you been getting .
May 40trillion tons of s**t
In your dreams
Welfare,,,prison,,,free schools,,, free food,,, ,,,,,,,get a job support yourself
Did he still feel that way after he sobered up?
No black people owe white people 40 trillion dollars for welfare
Such b******t
Get a real job..
That’s funny right there