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.
They always want something for nothing. Oh, I have a novel idea, how about going to work and quit crying like a little girl.
Get a life
Why are these people always trying to suck money out of us.
Kiss my WHITE ASS
I have supported able bodied blacks for forty years by paying state and federal taxes. It is time for blacks to end their perpetual victim status!
We do Its called welfare.
tax payers have more than paid to blacks with welfare.
We do
Whites today that are living did not enslave you, that was the Democrats! We owe you nothing!
…Shouldn’t Blacks pay Reparations to support the blacks who are incarcerated in our prison systems for committing crimes in this country???…