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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
You are one stupid$#%&!@*to think any white person is going to pay your black$#%&!@*anything
Dream on
I don’t think its that simple, there more white in the country on welfare than black, the scars of slavery still haunt the black community to this day, i don’t think the government should dole out money to black people either, i just wish that some would do something so people would just move on
Their are a lot more whites in the country, but a very large percent of the black poulation is on welfare!
Wow, that’s a great point, however, just 50 years ago , black people had to die just to be able to walk in the front of a restaurant sit and have a cup of coffee, just 50 years ago, that incredible, we don’t need anything, we’re going to have all anyway lol
The first man to walk the planet was a black man, all human live on earth comes from us, we the strongest, smartest, most beautiful people in the world, that why u took us into slavery, the devil only want the best
You can kiss my white$#%&!@*dude and you know what? If this sorry$#%&!@*government of ours EVER try to take my money for some b******t like that you better believe it will come back right out of your racist$#%&!@*
You can’t teach facts to ignorant people, they cover their ears and sing LA LA LA LA!
Who the hell cares how it started, I’ve never owned any and I sure as hell don’t owe nothing to their offspring, you want money get a damn job!
Affirmative action kept me out of two Government jobs , I was turned away because of my skin color . I think blacks owe me thirty years of back wages and a pension of at least $50,000 a year .