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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Yr ass
I’m becoming very tired of blacks and their reparations issues. People of color have to pull up their bootstraps as caucasians did and seek the path to success.
You see I don’t owe you anything, you say whites should pay.All of my ancestors and I came from Europe they had no slaves so I think that you and all black people who think like you professor should pay me for defamation of my good character
Shut up and get OVER SLAVERY !!!! YOU WONT GET A PENNY FROM ME !!! BLACKS LIKE YOU MAKE ME WANT TO PUKE ALL OVER YOU ENTITLEMENT JERKOFFS !!! THE American INDIAN GOT SCREWED OVER WORSE THAN ALL THE BLACKS LIKE YOU PUT TOGETHER !!!! IM 3/8_INDIAN AND PROUD OF IT !!! READ YOUR HISTORY BOOKS STUPID !!!
Yet another black clansman
What an idiot. I am sure his ancestors would be very embarrassed by his words. He lives in a nation where he has freedom and opportunities that if his ancestors had not come to America, he would be living in Africa where he could be held as a slave. NOTE: I do not condone or ever approved of slavery in our nation or anywhere else but if he wants to blame someone, he needs to blame the Black Africans who sold the slaves to the slave ships.
You sir are an$#%&!@* You are suggesting that 92.3 percent of the people’s descendants of this country at the start of the Civil War that did not own slaves and all the immigrants and/or their descendants SINCE the Civil War owe all blacks reparations.
I beg to differ. Since I am from Farmers in the northern states and none of my family ever owned slaves I owe you nothing. Neither do any other white people.
I WILL say that I believe blacks owe me $24+interest that was the sum total of my assets for the next 10 days to feed myself and pay for parking taken from me at gunpoint while working my way through college because my parents could not help because of medical bills.
I suggest that the vocal minority/intellectual insects of your race that thinks the squeaky wheel will get this grease think again.
They are nothing but whiney$#%&!@*loudmouths that don’t want to work and want something for free.
Let me remind you that whites were slaves also and the first slave owner in the United States was a black man.
He’s a crazy man. And so are the others black racists just like him.
number one I have never had a slave nor any of my ancestors had slaves. we are hard working people and owe no one anything. if you want money then get a real job and earn it. I refuse your ignorance toward any human.
I really dislike this guy. The left thinks he’s so smart, but he’s a misguided jerk spewing politically whacko b******t.