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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Get a life fool
No whites living are responsible. 99% have no family ties. This is ridiculous. Whites died for Blacks. They owe us.
PUT A PLASTIC BAG OVER YOUR HEAD AND TIE IT TIGHT AND YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.YOU$#%&!@*
Blacks should pay all those whose families fought a war to set them free from their oppressors. Many who oppressed them were not white and did not bring them to America as slaves.
NO……Now move on to something to help Blacks help themselves..
And this is what is teaching our young people! No wonder they’re so screwed up!
Yep you are a ….
Go away.
I want payback for 400 years plus, transportation, food, housing, welfare, jail housing costs with interest from blacks, then we can talk! Lol
You should get a real job and shut the$#%&!@*up