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.
Just how nuts are these fools????
And nxxxxxx should get jobs
We’ll get on with that as soon as the government reimburses the trillions we’ve already paid to welfare.
Do me a favor, hold your breath while I go open an account!!
Stephen Ames why y’all will not look at the truth, and say that was very wrong, why do y’all think that all black people wanted hand out and lived on warfare, when warfare was created for the poor white people, moving forward Mr Ames In know history and I also know it’s his- history as well. It’s would be blessing if we all can come together as one but on one want to admitted that it’s racist and people’ want to be better than others!! Until we see them days go away we will not lived in peace!! It don’t break your heart to see people frightening over good and bad.
What is with all these Haters and disgraceful people
James Townsend ppl don’t be fooled by my profile and start judge!! Because you don’t know if I’m rich or poor do you? And if they cut off the assistance to day or tomorrow it will not hurted me!! But who it will hurted is a lot of white peoples and their babies, they forgot to put that in my history books.
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Yvonne Abark Bless your heart! Of course it was wrong, that is not even debatable. However, those atrocities are not justified by more today. I’m part of the Emancipation as a Conservative – not just of and for Blacks but all the oppressed citizenry in our Nation of the Free and & the Brave. Dyson’s preposterous suggestion here, is founded in a false reality. That falsehood stems from attempting to delete US History AS IT OCCURRED. To suggest this “obligation” stands means that all of the lives lost over the Emancipation died in vain. It further suggests that we have no recollection or accounting of the ensuing “special” programs that have been provided, including preferential treatment for housing, loans, grants and educations – provided by and at “White’s” expense…all for naught? A true audit of the last 150+ years would prove Dyson completely out of line, and actually that he and his constituents would be owing the “White” populace. Even so, I see no obligatory deficit on either side of this myself, and as such I refute any stance that even hints of Whites being beholden, let alone indebted to Blacks in our country. This of course, is intended to be from one US Citizen to another. Incidentally, no one but a US citizen counts either in argument or voice on this United States’ matter despite its apparent global audience.
Yeah right!! Because you all think you deserve it? Why….you were never slaves and no one alive now ever owned slaves. Americal has progressed so much over the days of it’s early history. Now there’s an agenda to segregate again….by the blacks!