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.
Damn, everything in America is already free for you and you greedy bastards want more. Take your free stuff and go to hell.
Hold on let me get my checkbook
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Ya, right! Hold your breath ’till that happens you racist jerk!
How many white soldiers died for the slaves freedom?
Do we get a vote? NO WAY! My grandparents didn’t even live here. Plus, with all the Welfare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, etc., we don’t OWE a plug NICKEL!
GFO
I think blacks should pay reparations to these families who lost everything: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212117910835320&set=a.3384110233836.2147182.1001905455&type=3
We want re-payment for all the welfare we have been paying for for years. How about that?
Here is a perfect solution….reparations will be paid to every individual who proves they are a direct descendent of a slave (not a free black or any freed prior to the civil war), AND has 100% pure African DNA. Then and only then can they receive reparations and those would be equal to the original payments of 40 acres and a mule or return to Liberia.
Allowing blacks any say in this matter is no different than allowing a convicted criminal to do his own sentencing.