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.
Reparations making good on what was done in the past correct? Send them all back to their homelands. See if it is better there than here. That would be a reparation to repair and put back what was taken. Their ancestors were taken from their homeland so the “repair” should be send them back to where their ancestors were from
Another Professor Dumbass!
No we should not! For what!
Black insanity!
People have been paying into it for decades, it’s called welfare and it’s only made life worse.
Stephen Ames, great point! They have wiped out history therefore, there wasn’t any slavery! No reparations are needed.
FUCKTARD!!!
Who’s gonna pay the whites for those who enslaved them. Not to mention, while living in Michigan, I was consistently mistreated and,abused by blacks simply for being white. Can I get reparations?
Sad nonsense most Americans from around the country aren’t responsible for slavery, it happened sad as it is it’s American history.
Your ass