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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Brain dead moron
Michael Warner Hayes post:
rep·a·ra·tion
/ˌrepəˈrāSH(ə)n/
noun
1. the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged:
“the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim”
In description alone the idea of Reparations is a null point since no one alive ever has owned a slave nor has profited from black humans.
And: since genealogy has shown there are very few pure blooded races left leaving no pure whites to pay said reparations.
We have dumb$#%&!@* and we’re way past tired of it. Your way past the limit, too. You welfare leaches will die when the SHTF, and you can do anything for yourselves, because we’ll have NO sympathy for you. Go soak your head, for a long time.
Yvonne Abark I’m sorry, but you lost me. Educated? History? If you really want to go there, you’ll find Blacks were bringing in slaves and selling them… Whites often provided housing and provisions for Blacks – it wasn’t the other way around!!
The “professor ” should be happy that his great-great-great whatever were brought here as slaves. No doubt a terrible part of history, he would be living in some mud hut in Africa.
What is he smoking
Dear Lord, Almighty, There’s no-one living today that inflicted any injustice against Professor Dyson, or any other individual that fills entitled to lifetime benefits for the suffering of their ancestors.
Wrong
No we should not you never been a slave and I sure as hell never owned anybody.
What do you think when been doing especially the last 8 years. Its over go to work and support yourself. I’ve paid enough in taxes in my lifetime to buy Paul Allen ‘s yacht ! Just a figure of speech duh