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.
If I pay I want some work done
Why don’t blacks just get out there and get a job then they wouldn’t need to beg for money
Goerge Soros has deep pockets, he should be the first contributor.
Dumbass b******t
Get over it that was way in the past. Move on people We are not responsible.
idiot
i never owned slaves and you never picked cotton !!!
Irish ppl were not treated much better.
What a IDIOT! Blacks started slavery, they need to pay themselves. Maybe that’s why THEY’RE always so angry!
What part of this are the blacks going to PAY ? Blacks were the first legal slave owners in America. Blacks owned half of all slaves. Blacks captured their brothers in Africa and sold them into slavery.
Where is the conversation on their portion of generating this problem. Where is the off-set for all the white lives lost in the struggle to end slavery ?
How do we compensate all the whites that suffered reverse discrimination when affirmative-action was in full swing? How were their lives and their children’s lives damage? Where do we find fair in this?
Why is it perceived that whites are the only people that received any benefits from slavery? Who compensates the whites when they were slaves? Why should people who’ve never owned slaves pay anything to people who were never slaves?