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 $40 trillion on the sum allegedly due blacks as a result of the oppression he claims they have suffered. In another case, a Congressman has introduced legislation to mandate reparations for slavery.
It’s a radical idea as explored on page two.
RACIST BS
Mr Dyson why dobt you pay back the taxpayers for all the benefits ypu get tbat whites dont get because we’re white. I have worked all my life and have been robbed bt the gov’t to pay for others. Iudi g illegals
Read your history Blacks had slaves also and mistreated them
NO
U stupid
Its called our tax dollars. Welfare is a joke and is the #1 program that needs to go.
YEA, WHEN YOU PAY “US” BACK FOR WELFARE, MEDS, HOUSING AND SO ON & SO FORTH ! IDIOT !!
let say this so you pea brain will understand…”AHEM” ” BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… That means NO
How about having folks like this pay back the cost of passage to the new world adjusted for inflation and with interest added on for good measure?
Get out of here with that Bull$#%&!@* The first slave owner here was a. Black man,so$#%&!@*that idea!