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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
You are NUTS !!!!
why dont these idiots just shut the hell up
You got to be kidding! Where do people come up with this$#%&!@*
Never gonna happen. Get your own job
No, in order for this to be fair. You need to get a list of slave owners along with the list of slaves after slavery was abolished. Figure up what is owed and the families that owned these slaves pay that money to the surviving descents of the slaves due reparations.
Good Luck with that!
Uh NO. I’m Irish and our ancestors were persecuted and kept as slaves. I demand reparations from all BLM members immediately!
If they destroy history then it never happened…either way I don’t owe you anything. You were never a slave and I never owned one.
They already do….it’s called welfare.
GET OFF YOUR BLACK$#%&!@*AND WORK LIKE THE PEOPLE DID TO BUILD THIS COUNTRY