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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
What a moron
Just another racist!
I say those who “sold slaves down the river” when their state abolished slavery should pay reparations. They could have freed them, but instead they sold them
Muslims still own slaves should they pay? And what about the hundreds of thousands of whites that died in the civil war freeing the slaves . How bout you just go screw
I thought professors were supposed to be smart. He knows better than this. Just trying to see how many “likes” he can get on facebook.
BS
Every slaveholder alive is liable.
But you have to move back to Africa!
Professor Dyson is just another dumb$#%&!@*liberal$#%&!@*who wants some thing for nothing.
Why?