In a movement reminiscent of the affirmative action debates in the 1970’s, there exists today demands that white Americans pay reparations to African-Americans for centuries of black slavery as well as oppression that persisted even after slavery was abolished in American 150 years ago.
One difference between the two is that while affirmative action required that business and educational institutions take specific actions to to expand the pool of minorities applying for jobs and offer them preferential treatment in the hiring process, the reparations movement would demand that white Americans set aside a portion of their money to be used as direct payment to minorities as compensation for alleged damages they have suffered because of their race.
One African-American professor has gone so far as to place a value of $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
What are they CRAZY how about all the freebies from the government WELFARE, Medicaid, housing get over it
The deranged liberal white people may say that..my take is..shove it up your ass
it was the blacks and Somalian that got rid of your great great great grand fathers not us
Well you can’t fix Stupid maybe the blacks should pay all the American Indians 100 trillion just because they were done wrong first
Black Muslims have been slave trading for much longer than any other race! At the height of American slavery in 1860, only 1.6% of Whites owned slaves whereas 28% of free Blacks in New Orleans were slave owners. BTW the White Irish slaves were here 100 years before the African slaves arrived.
Why don’t you just hold your breath until I give money for this ridiculous reason
You sir should have lived in those days you would be counting your blessings about now
He can go$#%&!@*himself!we r paying by watching dumb$#%&!@*like u that r trying to destroy America ur the problem!u should b paying white ppl to put up with ur dumbass!
line em up ill pay em back
Why should that history count when the south flags and generals must be removed? Slavery?