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.
I don’t owe no one and never owned a slave so not me
Blacks should SHUT UP already
And he can go soak his head.
I don’t think so whites have paid enough amen therefore y’all need to pay up you’re share amen
It’s called welfare and we have been paying in it for years who collected most of it black people
We already did….it is called Generational welfare. I still don’t see any money for what my relatives already did…..Fighting bleeding and dying in a civil war so your relatives could be free……
BALONEY!!!!!
Another stupid thug with a good idea
What about all the blacks that owned slaves. Did you forget that?
I feel it should be the opposite! blacks should pay into individual reparations accounts for system injustice against whites. how does that feel? stupid just like what you are saying. get educated