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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Tired of hearing this c**p
Will blacks give me restitation for my great great great grandfather giving his life to free black slaves
He is an idiot! Nobody owes anyone ANYTHING for something that happened over 100 years ago!
Wrong my people did not own slaves they worked as hard as any slave to make a living
NO!!!
Idiot. Any whites still alive who had slaves? How about the blacks who had slaves? How about the blacks who sold the slaves? You’re a complete idiot!
Nope. I never owned slaves. Not responsible for that. And where is outrage over all the American black slave owners? Where is the call for reparations from blacks? Equality means equal responsibility. Ya?
I did not know this. Thanks for the info.
Well ! and hear I thought I’d already had my daily dose of stupid$#%&!@*!!!
In case you haven’t gotten the memo … this is NOT going to happen.