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.
Get a life m you’re not getting my 50 cents?
Many of us whites from Europe came over in the 1900’s. Think slavery was over by then? Morons.
And blacks should kiss ass
My reparation to you is leave my country
You’re all on welfare isn’t that free enough
Dyson can make my payment. LOL!
He can go straight to hell
He looks about half white…..so I guess he will have to pony up too…..
620,000 White soldiers died to free the slaves. Decades of welfare and other government assistance. Affirmative Action, Head Start. You already got your reparations! What more do you want!?! This is one gravy train that will NOT leave the station!!
What in the hell is he trying to say. Is he totally crazy. First we should pay because they were slaves now they want pay when the get their asses in trouble what next.