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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Blacks pay a tax to live among whites
my ancestors died freeing the slaves, where are our reparations? never mind we don’t want any
The race of the person that started slavery in the colonies should pay the reparations.
It will never happen!!! If you read the history of the Civil War, you will get educated on slavery! Problem is, the current people trying to get retribution do not believe what they read, about the true facts of slavery by historians!
No , go find the ancestors of the first slave owner inAmerica and sue them for your reparations money . He was a black man !
He should go ahead and pay if he thinks that. After all blacks were the first slave traders .
No money for you!!!! No confederate history left! Reparations for what???? You ignorant$#%&!@*hat!!!!!!
Ignore him he has stage 4 mad cow disease
Kiss my$#%&!@*
Professor LOL . Probably mail order degree.