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.
Great stats – I knew most of them from a high school history class years ago but it is good to see them in print again to put some sense in about 1/2 of today’s black population. The other half are smart enough to know this and are not out there protestinig.
B******t!!!!
You are stupid
DO they expect money from Italians? Some case.
Idiot .
Huumm I don’t think so
Forget you
Amen
Lincoln freed the southern slaves when the war ended. HE DID NOT FREE THE SLAVES IN THE NORTH. That should tell you that the war was not about slavery or the northern slaves would have been freed also. Think about that before you shoot off your bib mouth. And the war was not started because of slavery – it began because the north was blocking products to the south because they would not do what the north wanted – nothing to do with slavery. Sorry to blow up your brains, all you idiots out there. Read REAL HISTORY – NOT SOMETHING WRITTEN IN THE LAST YEAR THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED.
Don’t hold your breath ! But all blacks can pay back all welfare !