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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
Aren’t we doing this now with welfare?
If you can find a person that was a slave or a slave owner …
Professor of what? Bull$#%&!@*
Yes welfare !!!!!!!!
All the family’s and soldiers that fought a died to free the slaves are owed reparations for the civil war …
More RACIST B******T!
No way work & earn your own money. No one owes you or any one else anything. I have worked every since I was old enough to get a job & no one gave me anything.I have earned every thing I have. I had to live from one pay check to the next & make ends meet. There are a lot of things I would like to have but when you can not afford them you learn to do without them.
We have been paying,welfare, food stamps,free medical,free-housing,free transportation-free phones,free dental,and we are tired of paying,time we stop paying
Just another way to try to justify getting something for nothing!! How about doing what everyone else does and just work for what you want!!
That’s prejudice. Lock him up!!