Whether if you agree or not black Americans are owed reparations

Black Americans who are descendants are owed reparations not just from slavery but for the following: Jim Crow, redlining, inhumane experiments for war, inhumane experiments that were used to further medical practices, forced sterilization burning down our towns, racist propaganda in school books, the CIA causing the crack epidemic, and lastly giving reparations to former slave masters.

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bijouxbroussard · F

You probably know you’re going to get a lot of racist replies to this question.
If General Sherman’s directive (Field Order 15) had been followed and the emancipated slaves had been allotted “40 Acres & a mule” per family, it would’ve been manageable. Today the equivalent is estimated to be $6.4 trillion.

So I don’t see it happening anytime soon. And if we’re talking about cash, who would they give it to ? Only people who could prove black slave ancestry ?

Some are wealthy now. And some are now classified as “white”. It would be really complicated. But I think making an education affordable through college (or trade school) would be a step in the right direction.

One thing a lot of people don’t know about slavery is that it was illegal to educate one’s slaves. People who taught their slaves to read and write risked prison. So even though many dismiss it now, formal education was always the way up and out.