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omej · Jan 18, 2009

This is a sensitive subject but do we owe African American descendants of slaves reparations?

Horrible things were done to slaves but in my opinion, reparations aren't reasonable. Everybody has been wronged in one way or another sometime in history, there's no way a monetary value can be put on those crimes. Reparations should come in the form of better schools and other social issues.

What do you think?

aqua · Jan 19, 2009

If we talk about reparations British has to pay back so much to India. They ruled us for more then 200 years and almost looted all the wealth we have and left our country and our neighbor Pakistan in financial and religious crises.

vidit_int1 · Jan 19, 2009

aqua said:
If we talk about reparations British has to pay back so much to India. They ruled us for more then 200 years and almost looted all the wealth we have and left our country and our neighbor Pakistan in financial and religious crises.

Exactly, I agree with aqua. Very well said!!

Akuma · Jan 19, 2009

People definitely need to move on, reparations just encourage more conflict as it encourages people to think too deeply about the past.

While I'm American, I'm not "White", and the Spaniards did cruel things to my people a long time ago. And I'm still friends with Spaniards, as a matter of fact I was good friends with a guy who was from Spain and I held no grudges. It was not him who did bad things, it was those before him.

Firz · Jan 19, 2009

Talking about payback time? Hmm...well then after what the Jews were put through for centuries, they would have to be awarded exclusive rights to rule the world!

Life is lived forward not backwards. Stop the atrocities, that is the best we can do!

missouriman · Jan 22, 2009

I don't think anyone deserves to be paid for things done in the past. The way i look at it NOBODY alive today had a thing to do with slavery nor were they directly affected. If black people want to complain then do something about it. Stay in school and quit griping about something that in no way affected you. If anyone deserves reparations it is the Native Americans. They had their entire country stolen

McSwift · Jan 22, 2009

Reparations only do more harm and establish more inequality. They basically mean that the government steals from one group to give to another group that was hurt in the past. So now, the group that is being stolen from is the new victim.

repblue · Jan 22, 2009

No way can we afford reparations. Like the OP said, just give them in the forum of schools and other social things that will actually be meaningful.

porsteamboy · Jan 27, 2009

missouriman said:
I don't think anyone deserves to be paid for things done in the past. The way i look at it NOBODY alive today had a thing to do with slavery nor were they directly affected. If black people want to complain then do something about it. Stay in school and quit griping about something that in no way affected you. If anyone deserves reparations it is the Native Americans. They had their entire country stolen

But they have casinos.

BrightMind · Mar 16, 2009

Give up on reparations. There is too much going on in today's world to be worried about something that you can't change or erase from history. It's sad what has happened, but we should be concerned with making sure that none of those things happen again. That's what important.

The Parakeet · Mar 16, 2009

I could have sworn that I posted in this thread.

The casinos actually are reparations for the Native Americans. The federal government decided to protect their rights as a show of good faith.

The whole idea of reparations to African Americans is just ridiculous though. It would have been their ancestors who suffered. As Dave Chappelle put it "Yes...I want to be rewarded for my great grandfather's work."

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