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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Don’t hold your breath!
Professor if you read your history you will see that there own government sold blacks into slavery for Spanish gold and that Spanish people brought these slaves to America so if somebody needs to pay then got to Africa and Spain and ask for the money !!
He was never a slave & deserves nothing
Go to WORK and you can stop begging.
Why is this IDIOT a teacher
Why, it won’t happen , run around naked in public get more press!
Ok. Stand on your heads and wait… hold your breath too….still waiting? Some white privelige comin’ your way. Still holding? Keep holding…hehe…
This idiot needs to go missing.
Three sniggers jumped me and beat the$#%&!@*outta me…
Showcase I gets me some o dat depredations cash?..
How many “BLACK” intellectuals do we have to listen to before we become enlightened??