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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
well as a “Irish American ” which the irish where the first slaves here i demand some of them there reparatons that this idiot is talking about !
Yeah right come get my money face to face
Yeah, f you!
He’s a real joker.
drop dead
Hell no, I did nothing to any person regardless of color (especially blacks). I WILL NOT DEPRIVE MY FAMILY OF MY HARD EARNED WAGES FOR YOUR SELF VICTIMIZATION FOR SOMETHING YOU NEVER SUFFERED!
Professor of what ignorance
This guy can kiss my$#%&!@*
Should all White people be made to pay or just the 1.4% of the population at that time that owned slaves pay? I’ve traced my family history back
260+ years and none of my family ever owned slaves but yet BLM says all Whites should pay. Why should I or anyone be punished for something our
families had nothing to do with? That’s like saying every Black person should be charged with Murder if 1 Black person kills someone…..IDIOT
To all of my african American sisters and brothers I AM NOT PAYING 1 PENNY TO YOU, MY FAMILY DID NOT OWN SLAVES, WE WERE SLAVES, WE R IRISH SO END THE HATE, NOT 1 OF YOU WERE SLAVES EITHER! 100%FACT! GET OVER IT! WE DID!