Should the US pay African Americans reparations for slavery
Poll - Total Votes: 56Yes. That number is worth it
I wanna pay but that's too much money
I don't wanna pay but I do think they deserve something else
No. They don't deserve anything
You can only vote on one answer.
I just ran some simple numbers.
By the time of slavery's abolition the US had condoned slavery for 88 years (1864-1776).
Around that time the average wage of someone of their occupation was $10/year making the total sum owed in 1864 to be $880.
With inflation that would be worth $22,500 today.
Assuming we literally paid every single African American (which we wouldn't) that means the US would have to give them $945B (based on a population of 42M African Americans).
Given this data, would you accept that $945B is an acceptable sum to pay to finally repay the ancestors of slaves and finally remove the idea of white guilt from US culture?